Egyptian Vocab. Mrs. Haley
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46 terms
Latin | English |
|---|---|
| A.D "Anne Domini" or "The Year of our Lord" |  The number of years since the birth of jesus |
| anthropomorphic | having human form or characteristics |
| archaeology | the interdisciplinary study of human past including people, customs, and life of ancient times |
| ba | an Egyptian spiritual concept that can be roughly translated as one's soul. this is often depicted as a bird with a human's head |
| B.C. | Refers to the number of years before the birth of Jesus |
| B.C.E. Before Common Era | Refers to the same time period as B.C. |
| C.E. Common Era | The equivalent to A.D. or the numbers of years since the birth of Jesus |
| Cenotaph | a tomb or monument erected in honor of a person whose body is buried elsewhere |
| Cheops | a pharaoh that was often depicted as cruel and mean |
| Circa | "Around that time" Usually abbreviated ca or c |
| coregency | a practice in which the royal successor is chosen and rules alongside the reigning king to ensure a competent transition from one to the other |
| cuniform | wedge-shaped; a system of writing developed by the sumerians using a reed stylus to create wedge-shaped impressions on a clay tablet |
| Duat | the Egyptian netherworld of land of the dead |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| Egyptology | the study of ancient Egypt |
| Egyptomania | the fascination with the culture of ancient Egypt. |
| epigraphy | the art of recording inscriptions. |
| Exodus | the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses |
| Genesis | the first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation and contains the story of Moses in Egypt |
| Graeco-Roman Period | refers to the time period during which the Romans and Greeks ruled Egypt beginning in 332 B.C. |
| Heb-Sed festival | rejuvenates king, occurred every 30 years to show the continuing vitality of the king |
| Hellenistic | relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civiliHzation |
| Hieratic | a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics |
| Hieroglyphics | egyptian writing system |
| inundation | the annual flooding of the Nile River, which produced a regular renewal of agricultural land |
| ka | the spiritual self of a human being in Egyptian mythology |
| maat | the Egyptian concept of truth, justice, and cosmic order, represented by a goddess, often portrayed with a feather upon her head |
| mastaba | Arabic for "bench", rectangular brick with sloping sides |
| Mitzraim | the Hebrew word for Egypt |
| monotheism | one god |
| natron | a naturally occurring white chemical substance that was used in the mummification process as a dehydrating agent. |
| necropolis | n. A city of the dead. |
| Neolithic | latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere) |
| Nile River | the world's longest river (4180 miles) |
| nomarchs | the leaders or governors of nomes. |
| nomes | the various provinces of Upper and Lower Egypt |
| ostracon | a piece of broken pottery or a flake of stone that serves as a writing surface |
| Paleolithic Old Stone Age | age from 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago |
| Papyrology | the study of (primarily Greek) papyrus documents, typically from Egypt. |
| Papyrus | paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat |
| Polytheism | belief in multiple Gods |
| Prehistory | time before written text |
| sarcophagus | a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions) |
| stele | A stone slab or pillar with carvings or inscriptions |
| tell | a mound representing the accumulated debris of past human settlements. Also known as Kom |
| vizier | the highest office in the Egyptian governmental hierarchy below the king |
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