 | Term | Definition |
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Thoth |
Ibis headed god who took record durring judgement. |
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Anubis |
Jackle headed god who watched over the scales. |
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Hashepsuit |
First female pharaoh to rule by herself and was burried in the valley of the kings, largest tomb out of all the queens. |
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2 items placed on scales. |
Person's heart and the feather of truth. |
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Kah |
Person's wandering soul only alive with the body in tact, food and drink, and the person's name. |
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Nephrotiti |
Messopitamian girl whose name means Beautiful one who has come to us. |
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Mat |
Balance represented with a single-feathered headdress. |
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IMOTEP |
Designer of Zosar's pyramid. |
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Canoptic Jars |
Limestone jars that contained the pharaoh's organs for the afterlife; The: Lungs, Liver, Stomach, and Intestines. |
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Cataracts |
Egyptian for : waterfalls or rappids that were in the Nile. |
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Sacred Carvings |
Egypitian for Hiroglyphics: the Egypian's writting system using pictures to express ideas(ideograms). |
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Jean Francios Champollion |
The man who, using the Rosetta Stone(found near the city of Rosetta in young Tut's tomb), was able to break the Hiroglyphic code. He was able to also decipper Demotic, another language found on this stone. Andmost importantly, Ms. Gross loves his name. |
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Boat of Millions |
Theboat that the pharaoh would use to sail into the afterlife on, the pharaoh had to be successfully seeled into his tomb before the sun set, or the boat would leave without the pharaoh aboard. |
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Sarcophogis |
A huge coffin containing the pharaoh. On the outer part of the caskit, revieled the dead person's personal facial features. |
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Silt |
A fertilizer that is rich in minerals, found in the Nile Delta. This was used in in the fields to grow crops to sell to other peolpe. They would sell the silt too. |
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Mummy |
A medical remidy. Ancient Egyptians would eat the mummy because they believed that it contained a mystical power. This was also the embalmmed body of the pharaoh. |
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Papyrus |
Egyptian water plant that was used as paper to write letters, scrolls, records, and other perposes. |
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Limestone |
Used to make canoptic jars, cement for pyramid building, and other purposes. |
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Amon-Re(or Ra) |
The sun god, believed to be the father of the pharaoh. |
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Hourous |
Falcon-headed god who was the son of Osirus. The right-winged man of the pharaoh. |
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Osirus |
The king of the afterlife; he was killed in this world by his brother, Seth, and was resurrected by his wife and sister, Isis, and Anubis. |
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Isis |
Osirus' wife. Shortly after his death, she gave birth to Hourous. She resurrected her husband into the afterlife, so he could rule the afterworld as the pharaoh. |
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Embalming Ritual |
The removal of the pharaoh's organs, and dried within using salt from the Nile, olive oil, insence, and other rare spices. The body was then wrapped in papyrus, soaked in the embalming liquids. |
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The eyes |
Symbol of wisdom in Egyptian artwork. |
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The sholders |
Symbol of power and intimidation in Egyptian artwork. |
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Ankh |
Symbol of life in Egyptian artwork. |
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Staff of Divinity |
Staff used by the gods. |
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