Pharaohs
the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes.
What is Irrigation?
the main river in Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
the process ancient Egyptians used to preserve bodies.
What is a mummification?
where the pharaoh is on the social hierarchy
What is the top?
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
an oval shaped name plate found on a coffin.
What is a cartouche?
Where is the pyramids?
a discovery that has writing in three languages. This is how people were able to translate hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
what some think led to King Tut's death.
What is an infection from a chariot accident?
the people who went to school to learn to read and write in ancient Egypt.
Who are scribes?
where organs were placed during the mummification process.
What are canopic jars?
The sealed entrance to this pharaoh's tomb was found in 1922. It was untouched by thieves.
Who is King Tutankhamun?
one of the specialized workers needed to build the pyramids.
What are stone cutters, masons, surveyors, foremen, mortar makers, or carpenters?
one of the four groups that are in the middle of the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the soldiers, scribes, merchants, or artisans?
the four gifts of the Nile.
What are water, mud, papyrus, and food?
a tool used to lift water for irrigation.
What is a shaduf?