Egyptian Social Life Flashcards
What is the Pharaoh believed to have?
To have complete control and ultimate authority.
What is a Vizer?
The person that reported to the Pharaoh. Also the high priest/fortune teller/judge/administrator
What is a Noble?
They are from families of power and other priests retained power over land, resources
What are Scribes?
They were a kind of administrative management position, they managed public work
What is a Craftsman/Artisan?
They were skilled painter, and sculptures
What does a farmer/slave do?
They performed manual labor tasks
What do they use to write on?
The Papyrus plant
What is there form of writing?
hieroglyphics
What was it translated from?
The Rosetta Stone
What are on Hieroglyphics?
symbols and pictograms to represent words, scenes, etc.
What is Ka?
person’s ‘body double” that is separated form the body
What is Ba?
Human headed bird that can travel between worlds of living and dead
What is akh?
the person “spirit” that exists in the afterlife with the gods and would still influence events in the world
What is a Cartouche?
they are sections of hieroglyphs, rounded in shape, that often represented people or groups, events, or important figures
