Religion
What type of religion did the Egyptians practice?
Polytheism
What job involved keeping records and reading hieroglyphics?
Scribes
What is a Tomb?
Enclosed space for a dead body
What are hieroglyphs?
picture symbols used as a writing system
What is an Ankh a symbol of?
Life
Who was the most important god in Ancient Egypt?
Ra
What writing systems did Egyptian scribes use?
Hieroglyphics
What is a Sphinx?
A statue with the head of a man and the body of a lion
A preserved body prepared for the afterlife
What were canopic jars used for
Preserving organs during mummification
Isis
What were tombs filled with for the afterlife?
Treasures and supplies
What is a Scarab?
A beetle or an ornament representing a beetle
What is a sarcophagus?
What is a cartouche?
an oval containing a name written in hieroglyphs
The Pharaohs' efforts to keep gods happy
What advancements did the Egyptians make?
Medicine, math, and astronomy
What is a pyramid?
A stone structure with a square base and four triangular sides. Built as a tomb in ancient Egypt
What is an obelisk?
a tall, four-sided pillar that comes to a point
What is papyrus?
A plant used to make paper-like material
The link between humans and the gods
What was the purpose of mummification?
To prepare for the afterlife
What is a Pharaoh?
A ruler of ancient Egypt worshipped as a god
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The annual flooding of the Nile River