Pharaoh/Gov't Officials
The supreme leader of Egypt. This person was thought to be a god.
Who is the Pharaoh?
Priests had to avoid certain foods, like fish, shave off their body hair, wear clothes made of linen, and this 3-4 times a day.
What is bathe in holy pools?
The numbers of years you had to study to become a scribe.
What is 12?
This is how long the rectangular house was of an artisan.
What is ten yards (thirty feet)?
The type of home most peasants lived in.
What is a small house made of mud-bricks?
This person advised the Pharaoh, carried out commands, and decided court cases.
Who is a vizier?
These female members were in charge of music and dancing in some temples.
Who are priestesses?
Over 700 of these symbols had to be memorized in order to become a scribe.
What are hieroglyphics?
This is what Egyptian artisans left behind that help us learn about daily life during their time.
What are carved and painted scenes of everyday life?
Flooding season, planting season, and this season were the three seasons for a peasant farmer.
What is harvest season?
How government officials most likely got their job.
How is by inheriting it from a family member?
Priests used this method of preserving dead bodies from decaying.
What is embalming?
This is what papyrus was made from.
What is the soft inside of the papyrus plant?
These were some of the most skilled artisans who played an important role in tomb building.
Who are stone carvers?
This was used to pay farmer's taxes.
What is grain? (Wheat and barley)
This person advised the Pharaoh on matters of war and national security.
Who is the General of the Armies?
A statue of a temple god was found in this part of the temple.
What is a sanctuary?
This plant was sharpened and used as a writing tool.
What is a reed?
A hard rock used to pound out an initial shape from a piece of granite.
What is a dolerite stone?
Farmers helped to build these when they weren't working in the fields.
What are monuments (pyramids)?
This person collected taxes and oversaw the the government's wealth.
Who is the Chief Treasurer?
These were buried with the dead to help feed them in the afterlife.
What is bread and beer?
The hard writing surface that a scribe carried with him wherever he went.
What is a tablet?
This was used to polish and smooth the granite stone.
What is quartz sand?
This happened when a harvest came up too short to pay a farmer's taxes.
The farmer would be beaten?