Gods
The god of embalming and the dead
Anubis
God on earth and the ultimate authority in Egypt.
The Pharaoh
worked in the homes of the nobles, in the royal palace and in the temples. They also mined and quarried stone and precious materials.
The Slaves
Amount of workers it took to quarry, cut and form the pyramids
18000
A series of rulers from the same family.
dynasty
God of the sky
Horus
The pharaoh’s second-in-command and sometimes served as High Priest
Viziers
was central to the civilization that developed in Egypt. At around 4,132 miles in length,it is the world’s longest river.
The Nile
Amount of pyramids built in Egypt
about 80
an area where a river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water
Delta
The sun god. He was the most important god of the ancient Egyptians.
Ra
Kept records of the number of soldiers in the army and the number of workers on construction sites. They also wrote the copies of the Book of the Dead and biographies found in ancient Egyptian tombs.
Scribes
The preserved body of a pharaoh or other powerful person in ancient Egypt.
The Pharaoh
How much each brick weighed of the pyramids
2 and a half tons
a chief official in ancient Egypt who carried out much of the day-to-day work of governing
Vizier
The god of the dead, and ruler of the underworld.
Osiris
included carpenters, jewelers, metalworkers, painters, potters, sculptors, stone carvers and weavers. Women could work in some of the crafts, such as weaving.
Craftsmen and Merchants
Tablet with three languages that allowed modern humans to translate their languages
Rosetta Stone
How long it took to build a pyramid
About 20 years
a massive monumental tomb for a pharaoh
Pyramid
Woman whose body arches across the sky, wearing a dress decorated with stars.
Nut
Raised the food that fed ancient Egypt. Pharaoh, or the nobles they worked for, provided them with food and clothing. This was an exchange for their cultivation of royal or noble land
Farmers
The two parts Egypt was divided into
Upper and Lower
Where most pyramids are located
Cairo, Egypt
a system in which people belong to different social classes that have different ranks in society.
Hierarchy