Pharaohs
Pharoah's were seen by Egyptians as:
a god
Who was the god of the Nile?
Hapi
Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza
Khufu
The written language of Egyptians was:
Hieroglyphics
Define Dynasty
A family line of kings
What did many Pharoahs do as soon as they started to rule?
Build a pyramid
What was your heart weighed against in the Hall of Maat?
A feather
A large statue that has the body of a lion and head of a human
The Great Sphinx
What did Egyptians rely on to water their land?
The flooding of the Nile
Define stele
A slab of stone commemorating an important event
One of the youngest and most well known Pharoahs
King Tutankhamen (King Tut)
Why did a body have to be mummified?
So the body could hold the soul in the afterlife.
How many blocks of stone were used to build the great pyramid of Giza?
About 2.3 million
What were the typical Egyptian houses made of?
Mud bricks
Define inundation
flooding
The king who tried to change the Egyptian religion
Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)
Which god was the priest dressed up like that did the mummification ritual?
Anubis
What was special about the bent pyramid?
the angle changes about halfway up giving it a bent look.
What was the paper called that the Egyptians wrote on?
Papyrus
Define mummification
A process to stop a body from decaying
The princess who likely rescued Moses from the Nile and raised him.
Hatshepsut
What was the purpose of life for ancient Egyptians
Live a good life to earn a place in the afterlife according to the practice of Maat
What did the stele by the Great Sphinx describe?
A dream which was given to Thutmose IV promising him kingship if he would restore the Sphinx.
What was the main import from Nubia?
Gold
What is the Karnak
Temple complex in Thebes