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Chapter 2 Section 4
World History 1
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amon-Re | What the Egyptians called the supreme god by the middle kingdom |
| Osiris | He was a ruler over the underworld, and was also god of the Nile. Most egyptians were related to him. |
| Isis | Osiris's wife, who saved him by reassembling his body and bringing him back to life |
| Akhenaton | The name that a young pharaoh named Amenhotep IV acquired. He devoted his life to the worship of Aton, a minor god. |
| mummification | the preservation of dead bodies by enabling them and wrapping them in cloth |
| Hieroglyphics | a system in which symbols of pictures called hieroglyphics represent objects, concepts, or sounds |
| Papyrus | a plant that grows along the banks of the Nile |
| Decipher | figuring out the meaning of |
| Rosetta Stone | stone monument that includes the same passage carved in hieroglyphics, demotic script, and Greek and that was used to decipher the meaning of many hieroglyphics |