Writing
This is the earliest form of Egyptian writing that uses pictures instead of words.
What is hieroglyphics?
What is a kilt?
This is a code of polite behavior in society that Egyptian children were taught at a young age
What is etiquette?
This is a term that means "attractive, but unusual or old-fashioned."
This was the name for the story of a peasant who used perfect speech to protest the unjust taking of his donkey
What is "The Eloquent Peasant?"
This was a person copied documents and kept records
What was a scribe?
This was a low, flat ship with many oars on it that the Egyptians used to trade and travel.
What is a galley?
This is the study of the stars that some Egyptian boys who were training to be priests learned.
What is astronomy?
This word is the name for a large beetle regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt
What is a scarab?
This was the name of the young man in our textbook who travelled to Thebes and traded with the Egyptians for various gifts for his family?
Who was Hiram?
What is papyrus?
This was a country in Africa that Egyptians traded with. They brought myrrh trees, incense, ivory, ebony, gold, and animal skins from this land.
What is Punt?
This is a term for a belt or cord worn around the waist that babies had.
What is a girdle?
This term means "roof made of straw or leaves"
What is thatch?
This is the name for a very long scroll of papyrus that tells the story of the journey into the afterlife
What is "The Book of the Dead?"
This stone had Ancient Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and demotic script on it, which gave us the ability to decipher hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
This part of the city of Thebes was on the west side of the Nile, and had all of the tombs and temples, while the east side of the Nile had all of the bustling markets and housing.
What was the City of the Dead?
This city, which in Greek means "Sun City," was known for being a famous Egyptian school for astronomy.
What was Heliopolis?
This vocabulary term is an adjective that means "green with grass or other vegetation."
What is "verdant?"
What is the moral of the Egyptian fable of the man, his son, and the donkey?
What is "try to please everyone and you will please none?"
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This is the script that was the transition between hieroglyphics and demotic script
What is hieratic script?
This is the Egyptian word for a black powder used for eye makeup.
What is kohl?
For very naughty boys, one punishment was to be locked up for a long time in this building.
What is a temple?
This term describes the limit of a person's experience or interest
What is a horizon?
This is the name of the queen who commissioned a story about the explorations of Punt
Who was Queen Hatshepsut?