Ancient Egqpt

Ancient EGYPT!!!

slit

Mixture of bits of soil and rock carried by a river

delta

Flat are of land made of slit deposits at the mouth of a river

Upper Egypt

The southern part of Ancient Egypt

Lower Egypt

The northern part of Ancient Egypt

Nile River

Worlds longest river

Pharaoh

Title used by the ruler of Ancient Egypt

Hieroglyphics

Egyptian system of writing

Scribe

A professional writer

Papyrus

A kind of paper made from reeds

Hatsheput

Woman pharaoh who organized a trade expedition

Tutankhamun

Pharaoh who ruled ages 9-19

Valley of the Kings

Burial place of 30 Pharaohs

diety

rank or essential nature of god

dynasty

A line of hereditary rulers of a country

embalm

Preserve a corpse from decay, originally with spices but now preservatives

immortality

The ability to live forever; eternal life

mummification

to make a dead body into a mummy by embalming and drying

obelisk

a tall, four sided stone column that becomes narrower toward the top and ends in a point

sarcophagus

a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription

sphinx

a mythological figure having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram or hawk

Annubis

Egyptian god of mummification with a dog head

Shabtis

Small male/female figurines designed to carry out heavy manual task in the afterlife

Amulet

an ornament or small piece of jewelry to protect against evil, danger, or disease

Menes

1st Pharaoh- united upper and lower egypt