Egyptian Writing
One of the earliest know writing systems, the form of writing developed by the Egyptians using pictographs
hieroglyphics
The Boy King, or the Golden King, who was the youngest Egyptian Pharaoh
Tutankamun
The Sun God
Ra
This organ was the first removed, and it was often discarded
the Brain
Who did the Egyptians believe had invented Hieroglyphics?
the gods
Pharaoh were wealthy! One reason is because this person collected taxes for them throughout the Kingdom
Vizier
Who was the Mother Goddess?
Isis
This organ was left behind for judgment in the afterlife
the Heart
In middle Egypt, this was the capital
Thebes
Discovered in 1799 AD, a three foot stone that helped translate Egyptian writing into modern language
The Rosetta Stone
Could be a man or a woman, someone who was selected by the Pharaoh that had to be very clean to do their job
Priest
The God of the Underworld and the Afterlife
Osiris
In order to prevent a family member from coming back to haunt, the person was given an
expensive funeral
The pyramids kept getting robbed, so they moved the burial ground for the Pharaohs to
The Valley of the Kings
Hieroglyphics can be written vertially, horizontally. left to right and right to left. TRUE or FALSE
True
Educated and valued in society, this person had a lengthy education to learn to do their job
Scribe
The divine ruler Osiris was killed by his brother......
Set
The Egyptians believed that you had to answer to how many judges in the underworld?
42
Silt
The paper used by Egyptians for writing, made from reeds from the Nile River
Papyrus
#2 in the Kingdom, this person lived in Palace quarters and was wealthy
Vizier
Polytheistic means belief in
More than one God
The type of salt used to dehydrate a body in the mummy making process
Natron
What two tributaries feed the Nile River
the White and Blue Nile