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Upper and Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt indicates the southern part of the country where the Nile begins, Lower Egypt indicates the northern part of the country where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
Hieroglyphics
Egyptian writing using symbols or pictures as characters
Papyrus
A tall, aquatic plant whose fiber is used as a writing surface in ancient Egypt.
Ka
The soul, or spiritual essence, of a human being that either ascends to heaven or can live in an Egyptian statue of itself
Veneer
A thin sheet of polished stone or tile to cover up a rough base.
Pharaoh
A king of ancient Egypt, believed to be a god.
Mastaba
Arabic for "bench," a low, flat-roofed Egyptian tomb with sides sloping down to the ground.
Necropolis
Literally, a "city of the dead," a large burial area.
Hypostyle
A hall that has a roof supported by a dense thicket of columns..
Axial Plan
A building with an elongated ground plan.
Amarna Style
Art created during the reign of Akhenaten, which features a more relaxed figure style than in Old and Middle Kingdom art.
Sunken Relief
A carving in which the outlines of figures are deeply carved into a surface so that the figures seem to project forward.
Ankh
An Egyptian symbol of life.
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