Pharoahs
A pharaoh who ruled from about the age of 9 to 19. His tomb remained untouched until 1922 when it was discovered.
King Tut
A system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
What is Hieroglyphics?
The group that is immediately above the slaves on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the farmers?
The direction the Nile River flows from Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt.
What is North?
Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top.
What are pyramids?
The pharaoh that ordered the building of the Great Pyramid.
Who is Khufu?
The people who went to school in ancient Egypt, starting at about the age of ten.
who are Scribes?
The group that is immediately underneath the Pharaoh on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What is the government officials?
Each year ancient Egyptians eagerly awaited the flood of this river.
What is the Nile River?
Paths followed by traders.
What are trade routes?
The pharaoh that unified Lower and Upper Egypt and became the first pharaoh.
Who is Menes?
A form of specific transportation that the Egyptians are said to have invented that people use today.
What is a sailboat?
People from rich and powerful families.
What are Nobles?
A mixture of tiny bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in Lower Egypt.
What is Silt?
A mythological creature with the body of a lion and head of a person. Found guarding the great pyramids of Egypt.
What is the Sphinx?
This female pharaoh was known for her many impressive monuments and temples built during her reign.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
The group with the least amount of people on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
What are the Pharaohs?
Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth.
What are mummies?
Fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water.
What is a Delta?
The period of time that lasted about 500 year.
What is the Old Kingdom?
He was considered the first pharaoh of Egypt.
Who is Pharaoh Menes?
The group that has the most people in it on the ancient Egyptian social pyramid.
Who are the slaves?
A series of rulers from the same family.
What is a Dynasty?
The southern area of ancient Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
One of the longest reigning Pharaohs in Egyptian history.
Who was Ramses the Great?