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Afterlife

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Concept of life after death

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Akhet

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Flooding season

From June - September

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Amulets

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Form of jewellery, protects wearer, magical charms

Thought to keep away evil

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Artisan

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Worker skilled in a particular craft

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Barter System

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To trade items/goods rather than money

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Canopic Jars

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Pottery jars used to hold the intestines, liver, lungs and stomach of a mummified person

For the afterlife

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Delta

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Where the river splits into seperate streams before flowing into the stream

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Demotic Script

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Simplified form of hieroglyphics

Found on Rosetta stone

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Lower Egypt

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Northern Egypt, where the Nile delta is located

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Middle Kingdom

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Time period of strong control over Egypt

c - 2040BCE - 1786BCE

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Myth

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Traditional or ancient story

Usually includes gods

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Mummification

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Process of preserving a dead body, by preventing its natural decay

By removing all internal organs (expect the heart) and drying out the remaining body

The Mummy was then buried

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Natron

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Mineral used to preserve bodies

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New Kingdom

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Time period of strong control

c1570BCE - 1070BCE

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Old Kingdom

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Time period of strong control

c2686BCE - 2181BCE

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Papyrus

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Kind of paper made from flattened reeds to write on

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Peret

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Season of planting/growing

From October - February

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Pharaoh

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Leader of Ancient Egypt

Believed to be in contact with the gods, and have god like powers

Had absolute control

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Rosetta

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City in northern Egypt, where the Rosetta stone was found

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Sarcophagus

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Stone coffin, usually with inscriptions

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Scribe

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Person trained in language and writing

Employed to make written records

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Shemu

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Season of harvest

From March - May

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Upper Egypt

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South of the delta

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Valley of the Kings

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Valley where many tombs were built for pharaohs and nobles

During the New Kingdom

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Vizier

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Highest offical (below Pharaoh) in Ancient Egypt

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