Vocabulary
A body preserved in a way that prevents decomposition.
What is a mummy?
The third planet from the sun.
What is Earth?
Isis's powers.
What is magic and healing?
Increased Egypt's wealth through trade, built many monuments and temples, and was one of the first female pharaohs.
What did Hatshepsut do?
Paperlike material made from the reeds of plants that grow along the Nile River.
What is papyrus?
How were the pyramids likely constructed?
Stone was cut from Upper Egypt and brought to Lower Egypt by use of the Nile.
Why were the pyramids filled with valuable possessions?
Ancient Egyptians believed they could take what was in their tomb to the afterlife.
Outlawed polytheism in the New Kingdom.
What did Akhenaten do?
Tall pillars with four sides.
What are obelisks?
Why did ancient Egypt expand its territory and become an empire in the New Kingdom?
They feared future invasions.
A salt used to dry out the mummy.
What is natron?
Ruled Egypt for 66 years, expanded its territory, and ordered the construction of Karnak.
What did Ramesses II / Ramesses the Great do?
A large stone slab used to decode hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The idea of a cosmic harmony and balance.
What is ma'at?
The Ancient Egyptians stopped building pyramids.
What happened due to expenses and targeting by tomb robbers?
A system of government ruled by religious leaders.
What is theocracy?
The three periods of time in which Egypt's government was stable and strong.
What is the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms?
The god of mummification and cemeteries.
Who is Anubis?