Decay - to rot, go off.

Mummies - dead bodies preserved with oils and wrapped in strips of cloth for burial.

Tomb - a building in which a dead person is buried.

The Ancient Egyptians were very

RELIGIOUS.

They believed in the power of the

SUN and The Nile River.

Ancient Egyptians believed that

there were many gods, and built

temples for their gods.

The most powerful Egyptian god was AMUN RA.

They believed that a person’s spirit lived on in

their body after death, so it was important not

to let the body decay.

Wealthy Egyptians had their dead bodies made

into MUMMIES.

Making a mummy could take 60 to 70

days. Having your body mummified

cost a lot of money.

They believed that a spirit would need the

things that he or she used in this life, in the

afterlife.

They put food, clothes, furniture, and jewelry

in a tomb with the mummy.

Kings and Queens in Ancient Egypt were called

Pharaohs. The pharaoh was the most powerful and

important person in the KINGDOM.

The pharaoh was the head of the government and

the high priest of every temple. The pharaoh ruled

all of Egypt.

Most pharaohs were men, but some well-known

pharaohs, such as Nefertiti and Cleopatra, were

women.

The first Queen of Egypt was Hatshepsut.

Extra: Read the cartoon on Queen

Hatshepsut

KEY WORD DEFINITION

DECAY a building in which a dead person is buried

MUMMIES to rot, go off

TOMB king or queen of Egypt

PHARAOH dead bodies preserved with oils and wrapped in strips of cloth

for burial

Answer the following questions in your content subjects exercise book. 1.Use colour to match the key word with its correct definition.

2. True/ False: The Ancient Egyptians only believed in one god.3. True/ False: Slaves all used to have their bodies mummified. 4. True/ False: There were some woman pharaohs. 5. According to Ancient Egyptian beliefs, what was the name of the most powerful god? 6. Who were Cleopatra, Nefertiti and Hatshepsut?