General Info
The two "brothers" in Egypt-name the pharaoh and name the one not named a pharaoh
Who are Ramses II, the pharaoh, and Moses, not a pharaoh
A stone tomb with triangle-shaped sides that come together to form a point on top
What is a pyramid?
A body preserved in a way to prevent it from decomposing
What is a mummy?
The crocodile hippo guy who ate hearts
Who is Ammit?
The organ left longest in the body for embalming and mummification
What is the heart?
The TWO reasons we are able to learn about Ancient Egypt nowadays
What are scribes and hieroglyphics?
Egyptian writing system that used symbols to communicate sounds, words, and ideas
What is hieroglyphics?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
The correct use of natron (salt) in the mummification process
What is to dry out the mummy?
The organ thrown away because it was considered useless
What is the brain?
The strange thing about the flow of the Nile River
What is it flows from south to north?
Paper material made from the reeds of a plant along the Nile River
What is papyrus?
Traditionally considered the longest river in the world, with a length of over 4,000 miles, and made civilization possible in Egypt and Kush
What is the Nile River?
Why the pyramids were filled with gold, jewelry, and other valuable possessions of the pharaoh
What is they were needed for the afterlife?
The name of the limestone statue with the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion
What is the Sphinx?
This helped scholars learn to read hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
A fan-shaped region created when soil is deposited at the end of a river
What is a delta?
A ruler of ancient Egypt
What is a pharaoh?
Why the pharaoh was considered the most important leader in ancient Egypt
What is that the people believed that the pharaoh was a god?
He outlawed Egypt’s traditional polytheistic religion and replaced it with the worship of his favorite god called Aten
Who is Ahkenaten?
The official name for an Egyptian coffin
What is a sarcophagus?
The belief in only one god
What is monotheism?
The large stone slab that was used to decode hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The levels of the social pyramid from top to bottom
Who are priests, scribes, artisans, farmers, and slaves?
The two rights that women had that other cultures around them did not
Owning property and running businesses