Vocabulary
This is the name of the plant where paper comes from.
What is papyrus?
This is the direction that the Nile River flows.
This was the name for wrapping someone in cloth after they died.
What is mummification?
Egyptian Sun God
People who wrote things down and recorded information were called...
What are scribes?
The belief in only one god is called this
The area around the Nile River where most people lived is called...
what is the river valley?
Egyptians believed a person would be happy in the next life if they were buried with this.
What is their personal belongings?
He is the god of the underworld.
Who is Osiris?
Pharaohs were at the top of the social pyramid. Who was at the bottom?
Who are slaves/unskilled workers?
This was the name for the Egyptian writing system that used pictures to describe words or sounds.
What are hieroglyphics?
This was the process of bringing river water to dry land.
What is irrigation?
Ancient Egyptians were the first to learn medical knowledge by stitching cuts and healing broken this....
What are bones?
Egyptian River God
Who is Hapi?
Ruled Egypt for more than 20 years. She served as queen alongside her husband, but after his death she claimed the role of pharaoh.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This is the name for a type of country run by both a religious and political leader.
What is a theocracy?
This was the name of a city in Egypt also named for a city in Tennessee.
What is Memphis?
This was the name for the process of preserving a dead body.
What is embalming?
She was the wife of Osiris and also ruled the underworld with him.
Who is Isis?
Pharaohs often appointed these people to do things for them.
What are bureaucrats?
A coffin in which a person was laid to rest in Egypt.
What is a sarcophagus?
This was the capital city of Ancient Egypt
What is Thebes?
The total amount of time it took to complete a mummy.
What is 70 days?
Egyptian God of Learning
Who is Thoth?
Ancient Egyptians believed that most of their gods could take human form and this form.
What is animal form?