Ancient Egypt Flashcards
Vessels that store the vital organs after mummification
Canopic 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 corpses
70 days
Where was the pharaoh buried
Valley of the kings
First recorded examples of hieroglyphs date back ______ 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, demotic
What is a Stella
A stone slab used to carve hieroglyphs on before the invention of papyrus
How did the cartouche get it’s name?
Named by Napoleons soldiers because it looked like the ammunition cartridge in their weapons
What other materials are mad form papyrus reeds
Boats,saddles,robe,baskets
How did Egyptians envision the afterlife
Like everyday life
Ritual done before burial used to awake. 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 the body
Because they needed it 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 ushubets
Clay figures placed in the tombs as symbolic workers of mundane tasks
What was buried with the dead
Everything you needed in daily life, clothing food, servents
Who were the only Egyptians taught to read
Scribes doctors viziers
Did Egyptians use currency
No, barter system
Who is Osiris
Ruler of the underworld
Their art style stayed the same for ____ years
3000 years
What are the 5 main characteristics of painting human figures
Rigid stylized figure Torsos facing forward Limbs and head in profile Elongated forehead and limbs Eye exaggerated
Symbol for life
Ankh
