Vocabulary
The king or queen of Egypt
Who is is a pharaoh.
The ancient Egyptians buried their pharaohs in large structures called __________________.
Ancient Egyptian clothing was made out of this type of material.
The Egyptians did this activity not only to get food but for entertainment.
What is hunting.
A salt substance used to dry out the bodies of mummies was called______________.
What is natron.
A large stone structure shaped like a triangular prism. It is used as a tomb of a pharaoh.
What is a pyramid.
The pharaoh was buried with ______________so he could take them with him to life after death.
What are treasures.
Linen is made from the fibers of this plant. They used ________________ to spin the fibers into thread.
What is the flax plant.
What are looms.
Hunters used a variety of weapons. Their weapons were __________________, ______________, and __________________.
After removing the organs and drying the body with natron, the mummy was left to dry out for ________
days.
Preserving a dead body and keeping it from decaying by taking out the organs, and putting a salt called natron all over the body to dry it.
What is embalming.
Pyramids that have large ledges that look like giant steps were called.
The typical clothing in ancient Egypt was the color__________. Very little _____________ was done to most items as most clothing was wrapped around and then held with a belt.
What is white.
What is sewing.
The two favorite sports in ancient Egypt were _________, _____________________, and _________________.
What are wrestling, chariot racing, and archery.
A stone coffin used to place the mummy in after embalming is called a __________________.
The embalmed body of a dead person wrapped in linen.
What is a mummy.
Step pyramids were built as__________________________________. Inside pyramids the walls were often covered with _____________________ and __________________.
What are stairways for the pharaoh to climb to the sun god.
What are carvings and paintings.
Men wore wrap around skirts that were similar to __________. Women typically wore long ______________ that went to their ankles.
What is kilts.
What are dresses.
Egyptians loved storytelling . They would tell stories about ________________, ______________,_____________, and _________________.
What are gods, love, war heroes, and adventure.
According to the ancient Egyptian's religion, the soul or ______ of the body was supposed to unite with the soul of the ____ of the person in the afterlife.
What is the ba and the ka.
Two popular game in ancient Egypt. They are played with a game board. One board is round and the spaces are shaped like coiled snakes
The pyramid that was built for King Khufu was called the _______________________________. There are _____________Egyptian pyramids.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza.
What are 138.
The ancient Egyptians wore these types of shoes.
Both men and women wore ______________.
While poor people wore their hair short, long or bald, wealthy people wore________________.
What are sandals.
What is jewelry.
What are wigs.
Egyptians like to have ________________to honor the ______________. The statues of __________, ____________and ______________ would travel in a parade from the Temple of Karnak to Luxor.
What are festivals and gods.
What are Amun, Mut, and Khonsu.
Over the past few thousand years, many of the Egyptian mummies have been destroyed in interesting ways. Some were _____________, some were ______________, and some were _____________________.
What is burned for fuel, ground into powder, or destroyed by treasure hunters.