Ancient Egypt

Government officials overseeing territories and projects for the pharaoh

The study of the structure of the body and its organs

What foreign army invaded and conquered ancient Egypt in 670 B.C.?

Rich fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river.

A government system in which one person is both the political and religious leader.

Hatshepsut ruled longer than any other female in Egypt. She took on the title of pharaoh.

Ancient Egypt is located on the continent of…

Was the formal script used in ancient Egypt and was composed of 500 symbols.

What is this?

A skilled worker who practices a handicraft

The Egyptians viewed people from all social classes (except slaves) as equal under the law

After Hatshepsut died Thutmose declared her a goddess and ordered a temple in her honor

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The process of treating a body to keep if from decaying.

Today, the majority of people living in Egypt are ____________, or followers of Islam

Conquered the region of Canaan, brought peace, and funded building projects

Which of the following were NOT buried with dead pharaohs in Ancient Egypt?

Unskilled workers performed manual labor, like unloading cargo from boats.

Persons who were sold or sold themselves into slavery for a specific amount of time to pay off a debt

I commissioned the 2nd largest pyramid at Giza and the Great Sphinx

Tried to limit control over the people by creating a new religion worshipping only the Aton.

The French lieutenant responsible for finding the Rosetta Stone and recognizing its importance.

Predictable yearly flood of the Nile Valley that left behind a thick layer of silt.

World’s largest river. Flows north from Central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea

The roles of the people in ancient Egypt reflected their social status.

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The salt substance used to dry out moisture from the body to prepare it for burial

Ancient Egyptians had a negative outlook on the afterlife. Most feared it.

The Egyptians called their land Kemet, __, because of the dark soil left by the Nile’s floods

A series of rulers from within the same blood line (family).

Paper-like material produced from the pith of a plant that was once common in the Nile Delta

The largest desert in the world, which borders Egypt to the west…

_ Ancient Egyptian funerary text used to prepare for the afterlife.

Writing that developed from hieratic used in the Delta region during the late Egyptian period.

Powerful warriors from western Asia who invaded and conquered Egypt after the fall of the Middle Kingdom

The most famous of the female pharaohs, she sought to promote and expand Egyptian trade

A mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head of a god or king.

A material that produces a pleasant scent when burned

A remote ravine located across from Luxor. The burial place of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom

A French scholar, the first to fully decipher hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone.

The largest and oldest pyramid in Egypt.

Writing written in ink with a reed brush. Scribes could write quickly w/o using hieroglyphs.

A stone or wooden slab, usually wider than taller often used for decree or as memorial.

Egyptian pharaoh who followed Hatshepsut and was responsible for expanding the size of Egypt.

A stone coffin

Ancient Egypt came to have a population of ____________________ at its peak.

A massive stone tomb constructed for an Egyptian emperor.

I was the last king. After my death, the kingdom fell apart and was divided into smaller kingdoms.

Hollow jars used to preserve vital human organs: the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines

Egypt is almost the size of the state of New Mexico

The process of specially preserving a (dead) body by wrapping it in linen for the afterlife is called

The king of a united Egypt is called a/an _____

The most famous of all Egyptian pharaohs due to my intact tomb discovered in the 20th century.

During the old kingdom, pharaohs had total power and were the religious leaders of the people.

I was considered to be the first architect, engineer and physician in early history.

A government representative sent to another empire or country.

I established the capital at Memphis

I commissioned the Great Pyramid at Gize

A granite stele inscribed in 196 A.D. with a royal decree from King Ptolemy V.