Terms for Ancient Egypt

a small, fertile or green area in a desert, usually with a spring or well

the supreme rulers of Ancient Egypt

What is the season of flooding in the summer months?

someone who acts as a ruler because the real ruler cannot

Objects worn as a charm against evil

What is an area called where few life forms exist due to lack of water?

To tame an animal and or farm it for produce; to grow plants for food

long embankments built to control the movement of water (flooding)

season of drought, in the spring months

extreme and general scarcity of food

relating to the hot, humid zone between the equator and the tropics

an instrument that was used to raise water from the Nile or catchment basins

the Egyptian god of fertility

a plant that produces fibres used to make linen cloths

earthy sediment usually left behind by water

people with no permanent abode

Undying, living forever

a flood or similar event

a class of people in society who are ranked near the top of the social structure

The land beyond the banks and farm land of the Nile is known as...

A coffin

An area of flat, fertile land found between the branches of the mouth of a river

a person considered to be a source of wisdom or words of the gods

The process of embalming and wrapping a body to preserve it (for burial)

the area on the banks of the Nile used for farming was

a tall aquatic plant that produces the fibres the Egyptians used to make paper

the place where ancient Egyptians went when they died

a season of emergence, in the winter months

the process of cutting and turning over the soil in preparation for planting

Figurines placed in the tomb of the deceased to do work for them in the afterlife.