Egypt Flashcards
the heretic pharaoh who ruled before Tutankhamun, possibly his father or his brother. The experts disagree.
Akhenaten (Amenophis IV)
Magic objects worn or carried to bring good luck or keep away evil.
Amulets
wife of King Tutankhamun
Ankhesenamun
Grandfather of Ankesenamun, successor to Tutankhamun
Ay
the photographer who worked with Howard Carter, taking pictures of Tutankhamun’s tomb as it was excavated
Harry Burton
the containers which held the internal organs of mummified body
canoptic jars
a british nobleman who financed archaeological explorations in Egypt
Lord Carnarvon
the archaeologist who discovered and excavated Tutankhamun’s tomb
Howard Carter
an archaeologist who worked in Egypt the turn of the century
Theodore Davis
to prepare a body for burial
embalm
ancient people who lived in what is known as Syria and Turkey
Hittites
the ancient Egyptian term for the soul or the spirit
Ka
a dead body treated to be preserved
mummy
a sodium mineral which has a drying effect
Natron
a large and elaborate cemetery
Necropolis
the God of ancient Egypt who died yearly and was reborn
Osiris
decorations worn on the chest
pectorals
a ruler of ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
the sun God of ancient Egypt symbolized by the hawk
Ra
a pharaoh of Egypt in the 12th century B.C., whose tomb was close to that of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings
Ramesses VI
a stone coffin
sarcophagus
stones carved to resemble beetles, symbols of life reborn to the ancient Egyptians
Scarabs
a small statue placed in an Egyptian tomb. In the afterlife the ___ became the servants of the dead person
Shawabty
the king, or pharaoh, of Egypt from about 1361 to 1352 B.C.
Tutankhamun
a salve or ointment made from oil or fat, many times with expensive perfumes added
unguents
upper class A
pharaoh
upper class B
vizier, priest, and high priest
upper class C
chief army officer, nobles, scribes, high government official
middle class D
architects, artists, farmers, skilled craftsmen, and merchants
middle class E
commander of army
lower class F
servants and unskilled laborers
lower class G
slaves and peasants
professional __ were hired by the family to cry, wave their arms and cry uncontrollably
mourners
most Egyptians were buried __ in shallow graves
naked
it took __ days to mummify a body
70
After ___ days the body’s skin would become dry and leathery
40
the __ organs were removed to prevent decay
internal
Egyptians believed that if a person’s body was preserved on earth the soul would have eternal life in the kingdom of ___ their God
Osiris
Egyptians discovered that the hot dry sand of the __ preserved the body better than the fertile earth close to the Nile
desert
the mummy was sometimes given a face __ that resembled the deceased
masks
the body was bathed in __ and other liquids
wine
after 40 days mummies were cleaned again and rubbed with spices and __ to soften the skin
oils
in Egypt a persons __ was judged by the number of mourners at the funeral
importance
when the mummy would arrive at the tomb the __ would perform the Opening of the Mouth Ceremony
priest
its function was to preserve the body after death
pyramids
a priest would touch the mummies __ to enable the deceased to his body again
mouth
the ___ in the wine would kill decay– causing bacteria
alcohol
Egyptian civilization grew along this river
Nile
Egyptian civilization grew along the river because
the rest of the country was a desert region
the Egyptians developed geometry and algebra
false
most people were __ and slaves
peasants
what was egypts nickname
the gift of the nile
the egyptians developed a calendar with __ days
365
