Egypt Flashcards
Hieroglyphics
combining both pictures and symbols create a complex writing system
Scribes kept records and worked
The Nile River
the world’s longest river from Africa to the Mediterranean Sea
the Blue Nile and the White Nile
Cataracts- boulders forming rapids
Old kingdom rulers
Pharaoh “Great House” An Egyptian King who lived with their families
God on Earth
Egypt’s religion:Re
Egyptians worshiped deities
Sun God Re
The afterlife
Embalming preservation of a person’s body
Mummy: body wrapped in linens then placed inside many coffins
The pyramids
Great Sphinx a large statue with the head of a man and body of a lion stands guard outside the tomb of the Pharaoh
the Great the temple made for Khufu
Hatshepsut
A woman queen who Ruled with her husband
More interested in trade than conquest
King Tut
10 years old
only reigned for 9 years and then died unexpectedly
captured people’s imaginations