Egyptian Vocabulary
This is the writing material made from a reed that grew along the Nile River.
What is papyrus?
She was the first female pharaoh in Egypt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
During mummification, the body is placed into this.
What is a sarcophagus?
The soil created from this body of water was extremely fertile and important to the Ancient Egyptians.
What is the Nile River?
Fact or Cap:
Egyptians placed a lot of objects in the tombs that the deceased person could enjoy or use in the next life.
What is fact?
This is the Egyptian written language.
What is hieroglyphics?
This pharaoh is buried in the biggest of the pyramids at Giza.
Who is Khufu?
The Nile River flows from ________ to _________.
What is South to North?
Egyptians constructed these to house Old Kingdom pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
Fact or Cap:
Upper Egypt was in the South and Lower Egypt was in the North.
What is fact?
This term means a line of rulers all from one family that rule a country for many years.
What is a dynasty?
This Egyptian god oversaw the mummification process and is depicted as a green man in white linen wrappings.
Who is Osiris?
The ability to read and write made these people higher up in the social pyramid of Egypt.
Who are scribes?
This term literally translates to "great house" and was attributed to the rulers of Ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
Fact or Cap:
The tomb of King Tutankhamen was discovered in the 1920's by archaeologist Howard Carter.
What is true?
The Egyptian process of preserving and preparing a body for the afterlife is referred to as this.
What is mummification?
This Egyptian king united Upper and Lower Egypt and symbolized this union by wearing a double crown.
Who is Narmer/Menes?
This term refers to a government where the ruler is both the political and religious leader.
What is a theocracy?
This famous artifact unlocked the ability to translate the ancient Egyptian language.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Fact or Cap:
Hatshepsut wore a fake beard because she wanted to keep her face and neck warm.
What is cap?
This is the belief in and worship of many gods.
What is polytheism/polytheistic?
Arguably the most well known pharaoh, this "boy king" had a mask made of gold.
Who is King Tut/Tutankhamun?
From top to bottom, this is the correct order of the social structure of ancient Egypt?
priests
scribes
merchants
farmers
pharaoh
What is pharaoh, priests, scribes, merchants, farmers?
Egypt's history is divided into this many separate kingdoms with two intermediate periods of unrest.
What is three? (Old, Middle, New)
Fact or Cap:
During mummification, the heart was removed and dried along with the lungs, intestines, and liver.
What is cap?