Nile
The predictable, annual event that the Egyptians used to plan their farming and calendars.
The flooding of the Nile
the term for the ancient Egyptian belief of life after death
Afterlife
How did Egyptians ensure someone would have everything they need in the afterlife?
They buried everything they would need with them in the tomb.
The southern part of Egypt where the Nile River begins high in the mountains.
Upper Egypt
On what continent is Egypt located?
Africa
Egypt was called this because it would not have existed without the Nile.
"The Gift of the Nile"
How a persons place in the afterlife was decided.
Their heart was weighed on a scale.
Guarding a pyramid is this monument with the head of a man and the body of a lion.
The Sphinx
Rich dirt left by the yearly flood of the Nile that allowed them to grow crops
Silt
Ancient Egyptian writing system where pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.
hieroglyphics
Made from reeds grown in the Nile river, it was the Egyptians form of paper.
Papyrus
The discovery of King Tut's tomb was important because it had both artifacts and....
the mummy that went with them.
Why are the tombs and pyramids discovered by archeologists sometimes empty?
Grave robbers stole the precious artifacts and the mummies many years ago.
The Northern part of Egypt where the Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
Lower Egypt
Stone with three languages, including hieroglyphics and Greek, where scholars used the Greek to translate the hieroglyphics.
Rosetta Stone
The direction the Nile River flows
South to North
Egyptians mummified bodies so that this would have a place to return to on earth, often through the window of the pyramid.
The Ka (spirit)
The jars placed in the pyramid or tomb that held the mummy's organs.
Canopic
royal ruling family
dynasty
The first woman pharoah, who made her son wait 22 years to take the throne.
Hatshepsut
The modern capital of Egypt, located near the Nile River
Cairo
This was necessary so that the Ka would recognize it's former body.
The outer coffin, made of stone, that was placed inside the pyramid
sarcophagus
A charm jewelry thought to have magical powers often placed on the mummy
amulet
God of the dead with a jackel head who the people embalming the mummy dressed like
Annubis