Egyptian Vocab Flashcards
Hatshepsut
1st women ruler In ancient world
Hyksos
People who overthrew the kingdom
Kemet
The Nile river
Karnak
Temple
Nephthys
Goddess of sleep/dead
Papyrus
Used for paper
Sekhmet
Goddess of destruction
Theocracy
Ruled by religious leaders
Vizier
Prime minister
Thutmose lll
Pharaoh at the time of Moses
Thebes
City In Greece
Taweret
Goddess of childbirth
Upper Egypt
Mediterranean Sea
Tutankhamen
Youngest pharaoh
Amentehop IV
Pharaoh changed polytheistic to monotheistic
Ammit
Dead god
Abu simbel
In south Egypt
Bureaucracy
Gov officials
Egypt
Black land
Greeks
Named Egypt
Heliopolis
Religious center
Anubis
God of dead and mummification
Cleopatra
Last and greatest queen
Duat
Realm of the dead
Howard
Archeologist discovered king tuts tomb
Lower Egypt
Nile
Mediterranean Sea
End of Nile
Nefertiti
Famous wife known for beauty
Narmer
United 2 kingdoms
Obelisk
Symbol of the sun god ra