Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Review

The place where the Ancient Egyptians believed they would go after they died.

• Afterlife

• Mesopotamia

• Dynasty

• River Nile

A text that had a number of magic spells that were supposed to help a person in the afterlife.

• The Book of the Dead

• The Trial of the Dead

• The Book of spells

• The curse of the afterlife

Special jars that held the organs of a mummy including the lungs, intestines, liver, and stomach.

• Canopic Jars

• Organ Jars

• storage containers

• Giza

The region of land where the Nile River split into several branches before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.

• Delta

• River

• Nile

• Pond

A period of rule when a series of kings or pharaohs all came from the same family.

• Dynasty

• Kingdome

• Reign

• Monarch period

A place where several large pyramids and the Great Sphinx were built.

• Giza

• Age of Pyramids

• Valley of Sphinx

• Land of the afterlife

A powerful queen who became one of Egypt's most successful pharaohs.

• Hatshepsut

• Ramses

• Menes

• Ameneses II

A type of writing used by the Ancient Egyptians that used a combination of pictures and symbols.

• Hieroglyphics

• tombswriing

• Egyptian writing

• Hierarchy

A people that conquered Lower Egypt for a time. They brought superior weapons and the chariot.

• Hyksos

• River Men

• Greeks

• Plytomaics

The capital city of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. It was near the border of Upper and Lower Egypt.

• Memphis

• Giza

• Sphinx

• Valley of Kings