Ancient EgyptABC Book

Examples

A Afterlife

Ahmose - Pharaoh from the end of the Old Kingdom to the beginning of the Middle Kingdom.

Akh - the part of a person’s soul that would live on in the afterlife

Amulet

Anubis - god of young kingly power and embalming

Amun Re - King of all the Egyptian gods

B Barter

Belief in the afterlife

Black land - the fertile land around the Nile River

Book of the Dead - an ancient Egyptian funerary text

Building to of the pyramids

Burial chamber - the room in a tomb or pyramid where a mummy was placed

C Canopic jars - decorated jars that house a mummy’s internal organs

Cartouche - an oblong shape that symbolized eternity

Cataracts

Chariot

Cleopatra - Queen of Egypt

Crook - gold-plated crook, carried by the pharaoh during religious ceremonies. It was a symbol of his duty to protect his people.

D Death mask - a highly-decorated mask placed on a mummy to guard the soul from evil on its journey to the afterlife

Deshret - the ancient Egyptian name for the desert.

Double Crown

Dynasties

E Embalm - to preserve a body from decay

Emmer - a type of wheat grown in ancient Egypt

F Farmers

Fertile

Flail - a gold, whip-like farming tool, carried by the pharaoh during ceremonies. It was a symbol of his power to punish enemies

G Giza

Granite

Great Pyramid of Khufu

H Hathor - the Egyptian goddess of love, music, joy, and beauty.

Hatshepsut

Hieroglyphics

Horus

I Ibis - a crested bird that represented a person’s soul

Isis - the Egyptian goddess of women, mothers, and children

J Jewelry

Jobs

K Ka - the part of a person’s soul that needed food and drink to survive. It was thought to leave the body when someone died.

Karnak - the site of a huge temple built to honor the god Amun-Re

Kingdoms (old, middle, new)

L Lapis lazuli - a blue stone

Limestone

Lower Egypt

M Memphis - the capital city of ancient Egypt

Menes

Middle Kingdom

Mummy, mummies, mummification

Mut - Queen of the Egyptian gods

N Narmer

Natro - a natural salt used to dry out bodies during mummification

Nefertiti - Queen of Egypt

New Kingdom

Nile River

O Obelisk - a tall stone pillar with a small pyramid at its top

Old Kingdom

Osiris - the Egyptian god of the dead

P Papyrus

Pharaoh

Pyramid

Q Qa’a - a high-roofed reception room in Egyptian houses

Qaa - Last king of the First Dynasty

Quarries - where they dug and removed granite and limestone materials for building

Queen _______

R Ra - Sun god; the pharaoh was thought to be the son of the Ra

Reed boat - a simple boat made from bundles of papyrus tied together

Red land - the desert

Resin - a sticky substance that comes from tree sap and was used for embalming

Rosetta Stone

S Sarcophagus - the outer stone coffin in which a wooden coffin was laid.

Scarab - a dung beetle that was a sacred symbol of new life and regeneration

Scribe

Slaves

Sphinx

T Thebes

Theocracy - where the pharaoh was both a religious and political leader

Tomb

Trade

Transportation

Tutankhamun

U Upper Egypt

V Valley of the Kings

Valley temple - a temple on the Nile River

Vizier - the person responsible for the day-to-day running of Egypt. He collected taxes and administered justice

W Waterclock - a bowl with a very small hole was filled with water, time was measured by the level of water that was left inside the bowl. Marks on the inside of the bowl provided the hours.

Weapons - arrows, axes, daggers, shields, spears, etc.

Writing in hieroglyphics

X Xerxes I - King of Egypt; known for his attempts to conquer Greece; was murdered by his son (486-465 BC)

Y The hieroglyphic letter Y

You should visit Egypt…

Z Zaphnath-paaneah - the Egyptian name of Joseph the Israelite

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