A carved tablet representing a scroll (a roll of paper) with rolled up ends

A barbed spear, used for hunting large fish

Writing made up of pictographic (picture) symbols

Ancient Egyptian name for their land (It means “Black Land”)

A bank (high pile of dirt) built along a river to prevent flooding

The process of preserving the bodies of the dead

People belonging to a high class that have special social or political status

A four-sided pillar that ends in a pyramid, used as a monument

A plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which a person can write

People in a low ranking social class, who often worked in the fields

A huge structure that was used as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh and high officials

A bucket device for lifting water from the river

Shows each social class in order of importance

Ancient Egyptian monument with the body of a lion and the head of a man. It guards the Great Pyramid of Giza

A high official in the government, usually the advisor to the Pharaoh

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Acient Egypt Terms

S.S Unit 2

Term	Definition
1. barge	A broad, flat bottomed boat
2. Cartouche	A carved tablet representing a scroll (a roll of paper) with rolled up ends
3. Harpoon	A barbed spear, used for hunting large fish
4. Hieroglyphics	Writing made up of pictographic (picture) symbols
5. Khemet	Ancient Egyptian name for their land (It means “Black Land”)
6. levees	A bank (high pile of dirt) built along a river to prevent flooding
7. Mummification	The process of preserving the bodies of the dead
8. nobles	People belonging to a high class that have special social or political status
9.obelisks	A four-sided pillar that ends in a pyramid, used as a monument
10. papyrus	A plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which a person can write
11. peasants	People in a low ranking social class, who often worked in the fields
12. Pharaoh	The ruler of ancient Egypt
13. pyramid	A huge structure that was used as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh and high officials
14. shaduf	A bucket device for lifting water from the river
15. Social pyramid	Shows each social class in order of importance
16. sphinx	Ancient Egyptian monument with the body of a lion and the head of a man. It guards the Great Pyramid of Giza
17. vizizer	A high official in the government, usually the advisor to the Pharaoh

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