Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

A waterfall of rapids in a river

A giant stone figure of an imaginary creature with the head of a man or animal and the body of a lion

A system of government in which the ruler is believed to make decisions for the country based on messages from a god

King-Gods, they were the rulers of Egypt. Believed by their people to be descended of the sun god

Northern region where the delta flows into the Mediterranean Sea

Embalming and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy

Person in Egyptian society that was responsible for writing down important events

A huge, stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics and two other types of writing

A covered urn used in ancient Egyptian burials to hold the intestines from an embalmed body

Queen pharaoh during the New Kingdom; dressed as a male; restored old monuments and expanded trade

Belief in many gods

The river the ancient Egyptians settled around. It flows South to North into the Mediterranean Sea

A type of reed plentiful on the Nile delta.

Boy king; restored the old religion; death is a mystery; his tomb was a great archaeological discovery

A way of supplying water to an area of land

An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds

A building created in Egypt with four triangular sides

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Southern region where the land was dryer and more mountainous. The Nile river begins here.

King from upper Egypt who unified upper and lower Egypt in 3,100 B.C.

A triangular piece of land where a river begins branching off from it's mouth