Ancient Egypt

Rapids along a river

• noble

• cataract

• ka

• obelisk

Title used by Egyptian rulers

• pharaoh

• Ka

• dynasty

• obelisk

Series of rulers from the same family

• pharaoh

• dynasty

• noble

• delta

Rich and powerful person

• Ka

• obelisk

• noble

• afterlife

Egyptian's name for a person's life force

• noble

• Ka

• dynasty

• delta

Huge triangular tomb built by the Egyptians

• delta

• Red Land

• Rosetta Stone

• pyramid

Period from 2700 to 2200 BC in Egyptian history that began shortly after Egypt was unified.

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Ancient Kingdom

Ancient Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols

• sphinx

• Rosetta Stone

• hieroglyphics

• papyrus

Object inscribed with hieroglyphics that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing

• papyrus

• obelisk

• Rosetta Stone

• delta

Imaginary creature with a human head and the body of a lion

• obelisk

• sphinx

• cataract

• papyrus