unit 1 terms Flashcards
1
Q
1000+ years between
A
mortuary temple of Hatshepsut and great pyramids
2
Q
what was already ancient for much of egyptian history
A
the great pyramids
3
Q
what was the ancient world to greece and rome
A
egypt
4
Q
youngest academic field
A
study of ancient egypt
5
Q
rosetta stone contained what languages
A
heiroglyphic, demotic egyptian, and greek
6
Q
rosetta stone from what period
A
ptolemaic
7
Q
what was adopted by greece and rome
A
aspects of the egyptian religion
8
Q
aten
A
disk of the sun
9
Q
ra
A
diety of the sun
10
Q
how is ra represented
A
as a falcon, differentiated from horace by the atens presence
11
Q
ammon
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diety of creation
12
Q
how is ammon depicted
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with ram horns (when in human form)
13
Q
osiris
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welcomer of the underworld
14
Q
set
A
wife of osiris
15
Q
horus
A
son of osiris and set, associated with the power of the pharoh
