Vocabulary
Royalty
All About Egypt
Writing
Other Stuff
100
This word means a long time ago
What is ancient
100
An ancient Egyptian king.
What is a pharaoh.
100
This body of water runs through Egypt
What is the Nile River
100
This is the form of writing the ancient Egyptians used
What is hieroglyphics
100
Egyptian homes were made of this
What is mud
200
These held the organs of a dead person
What are canopic jars.
200
This boy became a pharaoh when he was 9 years old.
Who is King Tutankhamun (Tut).
200
This is what Egypt is made mostly of
What is desert
200
The Egyptians used these instead of letters like we do
What are symbols or pictures
200
This contained spells, prayers, and maps of the underworld and was buried with the mummy and used to follow the directions and live happily in the next life.
What is the Book of the Dead.
300
This is a preserved dead body wrapped in linen.
What is a mummy.
300
King Tut's tomb was made of this.
What is gold.
300
This body of water flood every year making the soil fertile for gardening.
What is the Nile River
300
This was an occupation where the person wrote using hieroglyphics
What is a scribe
300
These servant statues were places in tombs and believed to come to life and work for the dead person in their next life.
What are Shabtis
400
This is a building where a dead body is placed and kept.
What is a tomb.
400
This is the number of coffins King Tut was placed in.
What is 3.
400
This part of Egypt was towards the south and had mountains
What is Upper Egypt
400
This is the plant that the Egyptians used to make their "paper"
What is papyrus
400
Mummies, Shabtis', the Book of the dead, jewelry, other statues, and painting can be found here
What is a tomb
500
A coffin that held a mummy in an Egyptian tomb.
What is a sarcophagus.
500
King Tut wore this on his chin
What is a false beard
500
This part of Egypt had the delta of the Nile
What is Lower Egypt
500
Besides writing, what other skill did a scribe need to do his/her job?
What is read.
500
This person studies the lives of ancient people by looking at their things
What is an archeologist