Deciphering the Code
Literally means "great house" and is the term used for the Egyptian ruler who was thought to be divine.
What is pharaoh?
His tomb was found nearly untouched by Howard Carter in 1922.
Who is King Tutankhamen?
The Egyptians began to build pyramids during what period.
What is the Old Kingdom?
Egyptian goddess who was represented by an ostrich freather and embodied the principles of the Egyptian justice system, namely, the concepts of order, truth, and justice
Who is Ma'at?
a prominent mythological creature in Egyptian, Asian, and Greek mythology with the body of a lion and the head of a human
What is a sphinx?
Wrote and copied religious and literary texts.
Who are scribes?
Best known because the Great Pyramid was built in his honor.
Who is Khufu (sometimes called Cheops)?
The southern part of ancient Egypt was called this because of how the Nile flows.
What is Upper Egypt?
Egyptian god who was the judge of the afterlife
Who is Osiris?
This pyramid took 2,300,000 blocks to build, which weigh six million tons.
What is the Great Pyramid at Giza?
archeological artifact that made deciphering of ancient Egyptian writing finally possible
What is the Rosetta Stone?
King Tutenkamen's name before he changed it.
What is Tutenkaten?
This job employed most people in Egypt.
What is farmer or herder?
held supreme authority in settling disputes in Ancient Egypt
Who was the pharaoh?
the only one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world that still remains
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
The salty substance used to desiccate the deceased's body during the embalming process.
What is natron?
King Tut's father and pharaoh responsible for changing his name, moving the capital, and replacing polytheistic cults with the monotheistic worship of Aten.
Who is Akhenaten?
City that became the capital after it was moved away from Memphis
What is Thebes?
the typical punishment for stealing from the temple in Ancient Egypt
What is paying a hundred times the value of the object, corporal punishment, or death?
These were spices and herbs that were burned for their smell and used during mummification and other religious rituals.
What is incense?
A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile and that the Egyptians used like paper.
What is papyrus?
Female pharaoh who usurped the throne and dressed as a male pharaoh in order to be accepted by the Egyptian people and who is renowned for increasing the wealth and diversity of Egypt through trade in the New Kingdom.
Who is Hatshepsut?
What the Ancient Egyptians called Egypt
What is Kemet (the Black Land)?
Crimes in ancient Egypt tended to be divided into what two categories
What are crimes against the state and crimes against individuals?
types of stone that the Great Pyramid was made of
What are limestone and granite?
During the New Kingdom, this formal type of secular court, which used trial by jury, resolved civil disputes, such as nonpayment for goods or services, disputes, quarrels between neighbors, theft, injury, and slander.
What is kenbet?
King of Egypt who first united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Narmer (sometimes also called Menes)?
The type of government that unified Egypt for millennia.
What is a theocracy?
the term for Egypt’s supreme legal authority, who held the title Priest of Maat, and often wore amulets featuring emblems of the goddess.
What is vizier?
Weight of the stone blocks of the Great Pyramid ...
What is 2.5 - 15 tons?