Ancient Egypt Vocab 1-16

Leader during the New Kingdom who is known for erecting many monuments and is regarded as the greatest

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

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

Egyptians who kept written records including papyrus and hieroglyphics

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

Egyptian god of the afterlife

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

A period of time when Egypt was reunited and conquered Nubia

A key stone that helped scientists figure out hieroglyphics

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

A period of political stability and prosperity in Egypt

A period of reunification following Hyksos rule in southern Egypt

The ruler of the Egyptians

He was a famous Egyptian leader who took the throne at a very young age.

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

Tombs for the Pharaohs