Ancient Egypt Flashcards
Vessels that store the vital organs after mummification.
Canonic jars
Document that contains spells and charms to help secure passage into the afterlife.
Book of the Dead
How long did it take to mummify a corpse.
70 days
Where were the Pharaohs buried.
Valley of the Kings
First recorded examples of hieroglyphs date back to _________ years.
5000 years
What discovery in 1799 finally enabled us to translate Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The Rosetta Stone
Who deciphered the translations on the Rosetta Stone.
Jean Champollion
What three languages were written on the Rosetta Stone.
Greek, Egyptian, and Demotic
What is a Stella?
A stone slab used to carve hieroglyphics on before the invention of papyrus
How did the cartouche get its name?
Named by napoleons soldiers because it looked like the ammunition cartridge in their weapons.
What other materials are made from Papyrus reeds?
Boots, sandals, rope, baskets
How did Egyptians envision the afterlife?
Like everyday life
The ritual done before burial used to awaken the senses in the Afterlife
“Opening of the Mouth” ritual
Who was the longest reigning Pharaoh?
Ramses II - 66 years
What is natron?
Desert salt used to mummify
How did the geography influence their spiritual beliefs?
Living next to the desert made them more aware of their mortality
Why did they mummify?
Believed they needed their body in the afterlife
Egyptian creation belief.
Life rose from a primeval ocean
The pyramid symbolizes.
Resurrection
What were amulets used for?
Protection
Whose tomb was the only one found intact in the valley of the Kings?
King Tut
What is an Ushubtes?
Clay figures placed in the tombs to work as symbolic worker of mundane tasks
What was buried with the dead?
Everything you needed in daily life: Food, clothing, animals, servants
Who were the only Egyptians taught to read?
Scribes, doctors, viziers
