Ancient Egypt

One of the greatest pharaoh's of the New Kingdom, who grew Egypt through military conquest

The Nubian Kingdom that could be found at the Fourth Cataract of the Nile

A huge building with four sloping outside walls shaped like triangles

The god of the living and the dead

The next life, in which the dead are believed to live again.

Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule for him or herself.

A dead body preserved in lifelike condition.

The area north of the First Cataract

An early form of paper made from a reed like plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta.

A kind of picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas and others stand for sounds.

An Egyptian ruler (King), usually a man.

A triangle-shaped area at a river's end

Modern people are able to read hieroglyphic writing because of

A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the universe.

A series of rulers from the same family

The area between the First and Second Cataracts of the Nile

The ceremony in which a king or queen is crowned.

The Nubian Kingdom that could be found at the Third Cataract of the Nile

The Nubian Kingdom that could be found between the Fifth and Sixth Cataract of the Nile

A rock-filled rapid of the Nile River

This is where a person's organs would be stored during the mummification process

The scholar who figured out hieroglyphics

Rich, fertile soil

A respected woman pharaoh of Egypt who made the civilization rich through trade

A worker who is especially skilled in making something with their hands, such as baskets or pottery.