ancient egypt terms
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foxyroxy98 on October 10, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 afterlife | this came after death |
| ankh | a symbol of luck |
| canopic jars | where the organs are preserved |
| deity | god or goddess |
| delta | low-lying area in lower egypt |
| pharaoh | on the top of the social pyramid. rules over the land and owns everything |
| embalming | filling the body with spices to preserve it |
| scribe | a man who would read or write for those who couldn't |
| Sphinx | a god that had a woman's head and a lion's body |
| natron | a mineral salt used in the process of mummification |
| mummification | a process done to wealthy and the pharoah after they die, to get them ready for the afterlife |
| Anubis | a god with a jackal head that protected the dead |
| pyramid | built on top of a pharohs tomb, to protect it |
| double crown | crown which combined elements of white and red crown |
| Akhet | the flood season-built things for pharoah and do all religous festivals while floods arrive. mid July-Oct |
| Horet | the seed time. planted crops on fresh silt. nov-feb |
| Shemu | the harvest time. farmers collected crops to eat and wait for next flood. march-june |
| Egypt Social Pyramid | Pharaoh--------> pharoah's family, viziers, highest officials, priests______> average officials--------> craftsmen----------> farmers, labourers, peasants |
| Re | the sun god who created the world |
| Osiris | god of the underworld. at death, phaoroah became Osiris |
| Horus | sky god. son of Osiris and Isis. |
| Isis | woman with hieroglyphic sign of throne on her head. divine mourner of dead |
| Thoth | moon god. gave Egyptians knowledge |
| Hathor | sky god with ears of cow. protector of child birth |
| amulet | a lucky charm with healing powers |
| sarchophagus | a large and expensive case that the pharoahs were placed in after death |
| embaler | a job that included extracting organs |
| coffin | burial cage for the mummified person |
| mummy | person who'd finished all steps of mummification |
| historian | detectives who face the challenge of finding clues from the past. from the clues, they discover the history of people. |
| nilometre | a way of measuring what the Nile flood was going to be like using steps. |
| archeology | the study of human history through bones and remains |
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