Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Egyptian practice of preserving a body so its soul can go on to the afterlife

A keystone which allowed scientists to learn hieroglyphics

The longest river in Africa, its flooding waters provided rich soil for crops each year

The belief that the souls of the deceased live on after death

The Egyptian god of the afterlife

Famous Egyptian Pharaoh who took the throne as a child and died as a teenager

A period of political stability and prosperity in Egypt (first time period for ancient Egypt)

Group of people that conquered and ruled southern Egypt for a century

Tombs for the Pharaohs

Egyptians who kept written records using papyrus and hieroglyphics

A period when Egypt was reunited and conquered Nubia (the second time period in ancient Egypt)

The ruler of the Egyptians

A period of reunification following Hyksos rule in southern Egypt (the final time period of ancient Egypt)

The Egyptian form of writing that used small pictures to represent an alphabet

A leader during the New Kingdom who is often regarded as the greatest, most powerful pharaoh

A plant that grows in the Nile and is used to make paper