3-2 Life in Egypt Flashcards
a city in Egypt where the Great Pyramid is located
Giza
a village built for workers at the Valley of the Kings in Egypt
Deir el-Medina
Legendary ancient Egyptian king who is credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt
Menes
Egyptian priest and adviser who began keeping records of the ancient Egyptian kings
Manetho
Egyptian pharaoh for whom the Great Pyramids at Giza was built
Khufu
Queen of ancient Egypt who proclaimed herself pharaoh and ruled during the new kingdom
Hatshepsut
Egyptian ruler who changed his name from Amenhotep IV and called for the worship of one god, Aton
Akhenaten
to unite, combine, or bring together
unify
in ancient Egypt, a god-king
pharaoh
a form of writing based on pictures
hieroglyphics
a large stone building to serve as a house for the dead
pyramid
a preserved dead body
mummy
the way people use and manage resorces
economy
a stone on which a passage was written in three languages: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and a form of Egyptian cursive writing
Rosetta Stone