Vocabulary
Paper like material
The group with the fewest number of people in the social pyramid
Pharaohs
Ruled from age 9 to 19
King Tut
Mixture of bits of rock and soil deposited by a river that would have been found in lower Egypt
Believing in many gods
Polytheistic
Flat top mud bricks
Mastaba
Vizier
Second female ruler of Egypt. Ruled for 20 years
Queen Hatshepsut
Fertile flat land left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water
Delta
Preserving the dead for the afterlife
Mummification
Canopic Jars
Jars used to store organs during mummification
The record keepers of ancient Egypt
Scribes
Pharaoh who ordered the building of the Great Pyramid
Khufu
City where Khufu built the Great Pyramid
Giza
Sun god and ruler of all other gods
Ra
Sacred beetle
Scarab
Which group on the social pyramid are chosen by the pharaoh to govern
Nobles
Pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt
Menes
Direction the Nile River flows
North
Led humans souls to their judgements
Anubis
Mixture used to dry out the body during mummification
Natron
Which social class did not have any rights
Slaves
Regarded as the greatest most powerful pharaoh
Ramses
Name 1 natural barrier that protected Egypt
Desert, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea
God of the underworld
Osiris