Vocabulary Flashcards
History
dynasty
a line of heredity rulers of a country
Valley of kings
The place where Pharaohs where buried
Pharaoh
Big House
Ka
The part of a soul that goes on the journey (Your identical twin)
Valley of Queens
Where the Queens were buried
Ba
The part of the soul that visits family
Cairo
The current capital of Egypt
Menes
The very first Pharaoh of Egypt
Tel-El-Amarna
The most hated Egyptian city which was never used again after the Pharaoh died.
Sahara Desert
Largest hot desert in the world
Nile River
Largest river in the world and the only river that flows north.
Nile Delta
A delta that spreads out and dumps water into the Mediterranean
Ramses the Great
The best Pharaoh of Egypt who also lived the longer than his children.
Pyramid
The place where pharaohs were originally buried.
Leb
Later on, Egyptians started placing the heart in the Leb
Giza
Where the Great pyramid and Great Sphinx were built
MEMPHIS
The first capital of Egypt
Rosetta
The place where the Rosetta Stone was found
Egypt
The country where the Egyptians live
Rosetta Stone
A stone that cracked the code to hieroglyphics
King Tut
A pharoah who was the son of Akhenaten and made Thebes a capital again
Howard Carter
An archaeologist who found King Tut’s tomb
Hatshepsut
The first woman pharoah in Egypt
Akhenaten
The most hated pharoah of Egypt who killed all the priests and made himself god during his rule
Thutmose III
The man who married Hatshepsut at 2 and was believed to have killed Hatshepsut
Pschent
The double crown that was worn by rulers
Hedjet
The crown of Upper Egypt
Deshret
The crown for lower Egypt
Hermopolis
A city in Ancient Egypt which was the worship center of Thoth
Abu simbel
The place where Ramses the Great ruled
Nefertiti
The wife of Akhenaten who lost her eye and did nothing during her rule
Edfu
The worship center of Horus the younger
Mt. Sinai
The mountain in between the fingers of the Red Sea
The Book of the Dead
A scroll that people used as a guide through the underworld
Seba star
The stars that are on Nut
The number of days of doing mummification
70
Number of chambers you have to go through in the underworld
12
Hraf-haf
The ferryman of Ancient Egypt who was sometimes lazy
Heliopolis
A major city in ancient Egypt and a major religious center
