Pharaohs
Egyptians call their Kings this title, once meaning "great house".
Pharaoh
Egyptians believed in this: an existence after death.
Afterlife
The god of the underworld.
Osiris
A person who does farm-work for wealthy landowners. At the bottom of the social pyramid.
Peasant
The first woman and woman of color vice president.
Kamala Harris
This Pharoah is also known as the "boy-king"
King Tutankhamun
The process of preserving bodies from decay.
Embalming/Mummification
The purpose of the Weighing of the Heart ceremony.
The heart would be weighed by the gods to see if it was light (or good enough) enough to go to the afterlife.
Craftspeople like carpenters, potters, weavers, jewelers, painters, metal-workers, painters, sculptors.
Artisans
The first woman in Space.
Sally Ride
This female pharaoh was responsible for the trade expedition to Punt.
Hatshepsut
The organ NOT placed in a Canopic Jar during the mummification process.
God of embalming, funerals, and death. Shown as a jackal or wild dog.
Anubis
Official writers and record keepers.
Scribes
This amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920. However, a number of other laws prohibited Native American women, Black women, Asian American women, and Latinx women from voting, among others.
19th Amendment
This pharaoh is known as a "Military Leader and Master Builder" and signed the world's first peace treaty.
Ramses II
Egyptians believed in MANY gods/goddesses meaning they were...
Polytheistic
Goddess of motherhood and love. Married to Osiris and mother of Horus.
Isis
Helped scholars crack the code of hieroglyphics, the ancient Egyptian writing system.
Rosetta Stone
This singer just became the first woman to receive 28 Grammys!
Beyonce!
This pharaoh is responsible for building the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Khufu
The main reason why religion was so important to Ancient Egyptians.
It was the way to understand the workings of the world and nature.
God of creation. Shown as a falcon with a sun on his head.
Ra
An oval enclosing a group of Egyptian hieroglyphs, typically representing the name of a pharaoh or god.
Cartouche
This singer became the first woman to win the Grammy award for "Album of the Year" three times!
Taylor Swift!