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 a corpse?
70 days.
Where was the pharaohs buried?
Valley of the Kings.
First recorded examples of hieroglyphics date back ___________ years.
5,000 years
What discovery in 1799 finally enabled us to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone.
Who deciphered the translations on the Rosetta Stone?
Jean Champollion.
What three languages were written on the Rosetta Stone?
Greek, Egyptian, Demonic.
What is Stella?
A stone 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?
Boats, sandals, rope, and baskets,
How did Egyptians envision the afterlife?
Like everyday life.
Ritual done before burial used to awaken the senses in the Afterlife:
Opening of the Mouth Ritual.
Who was the longest reining 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?
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 Ushubets?
Clay figures laced in the tombs to be used as a symbolic worker of mundane tasks.
Social Pyramid
Just know it!!!!
What was buried with the dead?
Everything you needed in Dailey life: Food, clothing animals, and servants.
Who were the only Egyptians taught to read?
Scribes, doctor, and viziers.
Did Egyptians use currency?
No, barter system.
Who is Osiris?
Ruler of the Underworld.
Their art style stayed the same for _______ years.
3,000 years.
What are the 5 main characteristics of painting human figures?
Rigid stylized figure Torso forward facing Limbs and head in profile Elongated forehead and limbs Eye exaggerated and forward facing
Symbol for life/eternal existence.
Ankh
Symbol for the spiritual ability to perceive and interpret both seen and unseen in the universe.
Eye of Ra
Who is the goddess of truth- judges whether or not you go into the afterlife.
Maat
Symbol that represents Royalty.
Crook and Flail.
Egyptian word for soul.
Ka
Cat god of protection.
Bast.
Egyptian god of death with a head of a jackal.
Anubis
Egyptian god of creation.
Ra
How could you gain social status?
Born into it, or sometimes could buy training.
