Vocabulary
The spiritual body
What is Ka?
Uninhabited, hot deserts on both sides of the Nile
What are the Red Lands?
Ancient Egypt was originally known as
What are The Two Lands?
Fertile lands near the Nile River where villages developed so they could farm
What are the Black Lands?
Form of writing used by Ancient Egyptians that uses pictures to represent things, ideas, or sounds
What are hieroglyphics?
The Southern region of Egypt
What is Upper Egypt?
The process of preserving and drying a dead body to prevent from rotting
What is mummification?
The Northern region of Egypt where the delta flows into the Mediterranean Sea
What is Lower Egypt?
Dashes and strokes to represent pictures in hieroglyphics (simplified hieroglyphics)
What is hieratic script?
Unlike Mesopotamia which was flat, Egypt had what that provided protection from invaders
What are natural barriers