Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

A type of necklace worn as a good luck charm or tucked into the wrappings of a mummy

Stone containers made to hold the dead or the coffins of the dead

A body dried, wrapped and prepared for burial

A tomb for a pharaoh, with 4 sides meeting at a point

A rectangular tomb made of mud brick that came before the pyramids

Ancient Egyptian writing using symbols

A beetle that represented the afterlife and was often found on amulets

Another name for a king of Egypt

Paper made from a plant that shares the same name

A nameplate on a sarcophagus, often surrounded by a piece of rope

Containers used to hold the mummy's organs

The process of preparing a mummy

A family of pharaohs

A tall monument with a pyramidal top found in ancient Egypt