the temples
A ______ was for a pharaoh’s funerary cult.
what was a Mortuary for?
Ancient Egypt was split into two distinct regions: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Upper Egypt represents the southern region while Lower Egypt represents the northern region.
what is the upper and lower regions of Egypt?
__ is the god of the sun and is a father to all the gods...
who is Ra?
A language invented in egypt that involved pictures.
What are Hieroglyphs?
¨_______ restored the capital to Thebes after the death of Akhenaten and restored the worship of the old gods. Later pharaoh's erased his name from some king lists so scholars found his tomb's goods intact in the 1920s.¨
who was king tut.
______ were temples dedicated to a main deity, most having other gods as well.
what was a Cultus temple for?
Egypt is built around the ______.
what is the Nile river
_______ was a creator god who became a national god after the pharaohs moved their capital to the city of Thebes.
Who was Amun?
________ are signs that represent a specific sound. Some correspond with the sounds of two or more letters.
what are Phonograms
_______ restored the capital to Thebes after the death of Akhenaten and restored the worship of the old gods.
who was Tutankhamun
______ ____ is the temple of Ramesses III. Reliefs in this temple depict the arrival and defeat of the Sea Peoples.
what was a Medinet Habu used for?
The Nile River provided ______.
Did the Nile river supply fertile land?
¨____ was a fertility goddess and a mother goddess. The goddess with 10,000 names was one of her titles emphasizing her many roles and names.¨
Who was Isis?
________ represent ideas instead of sounds. Examples of ideograms are the hieroglyphs that represent the gods.
What were Ideograms?
________ was the last pharaoh of Egypt who tried to hold off the Romans under Augustus.
who was Cleopatra VII?
_______ is the site of the largest temple complex in Egypt and the second largest ancient complex after Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
what was the Karnak for?
Ancient Egyptians had a great grasp of ______ and ________.
¨_____ was a cow goddess and a cosmic goddess. She nourished all life with her milk and her name meant “House of Horus”. Some legends, name Hathor as the consort of Horus and she formed a Triad with him and their son Ihi.¨
who is Hathor?
_________ are hieroglyphs that were not spoken or translated. They help make the meaning of words clearer and mark the end of words.
What were Determinatives?
_______ ruled during the New Kingdom for less than 20 years. Scholars call him the hieratic pharaoh because he forbade the worship of the old gods.
Who was Akhenaten?
The ________ is the temple built by Ramesses II and it took over twenty years to complete.
what was the Ramesseum?
The pull of the old Egypt is still very much a part of ______ such as Cairo and Alexandria.
_______ was a cow goddess and a cosmic goddess. She nourished all life with her milk and her name meant “House of Horus”.
who was Hathor?
¨Before the discovery of the _______ . scholars had different ideas about hieroglyphs.¨
what is the rosetta stone?
______ also known as Cheops, ruled during the Old Kingdom and built the Great Pyramid.
Who was Khufu