3.2 Life in Egypt Flashcards
A city in Egypt where the Great Pyramid is located.
Giza
A village build for workers at the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
Deir el-Medina
Legendary ancient Egypt king who is credited with uniting Lower and Upper Egypt.
Menes
Egyptian priest and divisor who began keeping records of the ancient Egyptian kings.
Manetho
Egyptian pharaoh for whom the Great Pyramid at Giza was built.
Khufu
Queen of 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.
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 resources
Economy
A stone on which a passage was written in three languages: Greek, Egyptian, hieroglyphics, and a form of Egyptian cursive writing
Rosetta Stone