Madison Egypt
Terms
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- cataracts
- waterfalls
- djoser
- king of the step pyramid
- Gift of the Nile
- What Herodotus called Egypt
- howard carter
- founder of tuts tomb
- narmer
- first pharaoh to unite upper and lower Egypt
- heart
- what organ was left in the body
- Imhotep
- architect of the first pyramid.
- pyramid
- tomb of the pharaohs in the old kingdom
- step pyramid
- first pyramid built
- a.d.
- anno domnis
- king tut
- only pharaoh's tomb found intact
- cartouche
- magical ropes that protected the name
- upper egypt
- kingdom located near thebes
- re
- sun god
- khufu
- owner of the great pyramid
- osiris
- judge of the dead
- mediterranean sea
- sea north of Egypt
- delta
- fan shaped area of land at the mouth of a river
- great pyramid
- largest pyramid built
- Nile
- longest river in the world
- features
- artifacts that can't be carried away
- rosetta stone
- black stone that was the key to decoding the hieroglyphics
- hatshepsut
- first woman ruler
- africa
- continent where Egypt is located
- canopic jars
- jars where the internal organs were kept
- Red Sea
- sea located east of Egypt
- hall of truth
- judgement hall
- pharaoh
- title of egypt's main ruler ; means great house
- aten
- god who akhenaten worshipped
- polytheism
- worship of many gods
- papyrus
- reed plant used for paper
- akhenaten
- pharaoh who was monotheistic
- B.C,
- before Christ
- dynasty
- ruling family
- mummy
- dead preserved body of egyptians
- akh
- glorified form of the dead who lived in the stars.
- artifacts
- objects from the past that can be carried away
- isis
- goddess of magic and healing
- irrigation
- method of supplying water using canals and basins
- lower egypt
- kingdom located near the delta
- sarcophagus
- coffin for the dead body
- monotheism
- worship of one god
- archeologist
- scientist who studies artifacts
- scribes
- writers of the hieroglyphics
- ba
- spirit that brought the ka back to the tomb
- hieroglyphics
- writing of egyptians
- ka
- life force of egyptian who lived in the tomb
- sphinx
- head of a man and body of lion that guarded the pyramids
- inundation
- flood season of Egypt
- book of the dead
- book full of prayers and magical spells used to get ba to the hall of truth