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6 - Egypt Vocab
Ancient Egypt Vocabulary
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| afterlife | life after death; Egyptians believed a person’s soul made a dangerous journey through the underworld |
| amulet | extremely important carved symbols made of gold or gemstones showing animals or objects; thought to keep people safe and bring them luck |
| Anubis | the Egyptian god who was considered the protector of the dead; he had the head of a jackal |
| ba | the part of a person’s spirit that held the personality and memory; after death it was believed to have the head of the dead person and the body of a hawk; it could return to the world of the living as a bird |
| Book of the Dead | a collection of spells from ancient Egypt; the main purpose was to teach people how to survive in the afterlife |
| canopic jar | jars used to hold the organs of people when they were mummified |
| cataract | a steep rapid in a river |
| culture | the language, religion, customs, and way of life of a specific group |
| delta | the triangular shaped land that is formed by mud and sand as they are deposited by a large river when it slows down at the mouth |
| double crown | Egyptian kings wore a double crown signifying their supreme power over all the land, a white crown for Upper Egypt and a red crown for Lower Egypt |
| dunes | mounds and ridges of sand heaped up by the wind |
| dynasty | ruling family which remains in power for many years |
| embalmer | a priest in charge of making mummies |
| export | to send something to another country for sale |
| hieroglyphs | symbols used for the ancient Egyptian written language |
| ka | part of a person’s spirit that held the life force; after death the ka was believed to need a place to live and this was the reason for mummification |
| linen | a fabric made from flax plants |
| mouth | the end of a river where it meets the sea |
| mummy | dead bodies that have been preserved; the internal organs were removed, the bodies dried, and then wrapped in linen strips |
| natron | a type of salt used to dry bodies out as they were made into mummies |
| Nile River | the longest river in the world which runs through Egypt |
| Osiris | the Egyptian god of the underworld |
| papyrus | paper used by the Ancient Egyptians, made from the stems of papyrus reeds |
| pharaoh | king or queen of Egypt; they were believed to have godlike powers |
| priest | people who worked in the temples |
| pyramid | stone objects with square bases and four triangular sides; the sides slope inward to make a point at the top; most were built as tombs for kings and queens |
| Rosetta Stone | a granite tablet on which is carved an ancient Egyptian decree in three different languages that helped researchers decipher the meaning of hieroglyphics |
| sarcophagus | the outermost coffin of a wealthy person or royalty |
| scarab | charms that looked like beetles; the sign of the god of the rising sun; represented a safe passage into the afterlife |
| temple | grand stone buildings meant to be homes of gods and goddesses; where priests served |
| scribe | a person specially trained in writing |
| silt | mixture of water and soil carried by a river and deposited in a new place |
| sphinx | statues usually had the body of a lion and the face of the current king or queen |
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