Egypt
This is the title for an Egyptian King
Pharaoh
Where were the pyramid built? and Why?
Near Nile River so that the workers didn't have to carry the blocks.
Egyptian preserved bodies were known as
Mummies
What job did 80% of the population consist of?
Farmers
A long-lasting, paper like material made from reeds
Papyrus
What is the major river that supported the early Egyptians?
The Nile
Members of the middle class who worked for the government and copied religious and literary texts
Scribes
This word means a series of rulers from the same family.
Dynasty
The Largest and famous pharaohs pyramid is ______.
Great Pyramid of Khufu.
Did Egyptians practice Monotheism or Polytheism?
Polytheism
The Nile flows in what direction?
North
What natural barriers protected Egypt from foreign invasion?
Deserts, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea
What is hieroglyphics?
Ancient Egyptian Writing
Why did Pharaohs fill their tombs with treasures?
Their belief in the Afterlife
Imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans
Sphinxes
Based on their wall paintings, and craving, what can we know about Ancient Egyptians.
Answer will be vary.
A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics and Greek that allowed researchers to decipher Egyptian writings
Rosetta Stone
True or False.
They knew about fractions , prime numbers and geometry.
True
In Rosetta Stone, How many languages can you find? What are they?
Three. Hieroglyphics, Demotic, Greece
What are the pyramid for?
Hide treasures, as a tomb of the pharaohs, remember pharaohs,
This Pharaoh's tomb was discovered filled with treasures that have taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs
King Tutankhamen (Tut)
What is scrcophagus?
Decorated coffin
The Egyptians used measurement based on body parts such as the width of the ______.
Palm of a hand
This Pharoah drove out the Hyksos and established the New Kingdom
Ahmose of Thebes
Where were the later pharaphs buried?
Valley of the King