3.2 Life in Egypt Flashcards
a city in Egypt where the Great Pyramid is located.
Giza
a place
Deir el-Medina
c.3150 B.C. Legendary ancient Egyptian king who is credited with uniting Lower and Upper Egypt
Menes
c.300 B.C. Egyptians priest and advisor who began keeping records of the ancient Egyptians kings.
Manetho
c. 2600 B.C. Egyptians pharaoh for whom the Great Pyramid 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 unit, 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 head.
pyramid
a preserved dead body.
mummy
the way people use and manage resources.
econmy
a stone on which which a passage was written in three languages: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and a form of Egyptian cursive writing.
Rosetta Stone