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Egypt Vocabulary 2
Ancient Egypt Vocab. 2 Words
Question | Answer |
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A large vault used for burying the dead. | tomb |
A small black stone containing the same message written in Egyptian hieroglyphics and in Greek which revealed the meaning of the hieroglyphics. | Rosetta Stone |
A tall slender, four-sided stone pillar shaped from a single stone erected to honor famous people. | obelisk |
Ancient Egyptian ruler. It means 'great house". | Pharaoh |
A fabric woven from fibers of the flax plant popular in ancient Egypt. | linen |
Symbols reserved for the pharaoh which stand for kingship and the fertility of the land. | crook and flail |
A person who writes books or documents by hand in hieroglyphics, cuneiform or other scripts and may help keep track of records. | scribe |
A long piece of paper that rolls around one or two cylinders and that usually has something written or drawn on it. | scroll |
A board game from predynastic and ancient Egypt | senet |
Egyptians wore tunic-like and robe-like garments made out of linen. | kilt |