Religious Beliefs & Funeral Customs
King of the gods in ancient Egyptian mythology
Ra
Name of the largest hot and dry desert in the world provided some security for ancient Egypt against attacks.
Sahara Desert
Most top of the social pyramid - most important
Pharaoh
The famous "boy king" whose tomb was discovered in 1922
King Tut
The key that helped decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
The Rosetta Stone
Was practiced to prepare the body for this afterlife journey
Mummification
Fabric a lot of Egyptian clothes were made out of because of the heat
Linen
The Pharoah's "right hand man" (highest official below the Pharoah
Vizier
In the later part of her life, she was depicted fully male, in male clothing, and even with the traditional beard of Egyptian Pharaohs
Hatshepsut
A valley in Egypt where tombs were constructed for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom period of ancient Egypt, from around the 16th to 11th centuries BCE.
Valley of the Kings
Depicted with a jackal head, was the son of Osiris and Isis and the guide of the dead
Anubis
To protect their eyes from desert dust and glare, ancient Egyptians wore this heavy eye makeup
Kohl
This group built the pyramids
Skilled Workers
The last pharaoh of ancient Egypt
Cleopatra
Cairo
Ancient Egyptian text that contained spells and instructions to guide the deceased through the underworld and into the afterlife
Book of the Dead
3 features of Egyptian Houses
Flat roofs
Made from sun-dried mud bricks
Mostly single-story structures
Who was considered the highest priest in the land?
Had the temple of Abu Simbel constructed
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Descendent of Alexander the Great King of Macedon
Cleopatra
Mummy's organs were stored in these decorative containers shaped like human and animal figures
Canopic Jars
Name for the annual flooding of the Nile that was celebrated as the life-giving miracle that fertilized the land
Inundation
The term for a system or organization in which people or things are arranged according to their importance
Hierarchy
The Great Pyramid of Giza was his tomb
Khufu
Sobek, the god of water, had the head of a...
Crocodile