Ancient Egypt vocab

Egyptian god of the afterlife

• Hapi

• Orsiris

• Aten

• Ra

Famous Egyptian Pharaoh who took the throne as a child and died as a teenager

• Ramses II

• Ramses the Great

• King Tut

• Akhenaten

A plant that grows in the Nile and is used to make paper

• Scrolls

• Scribes

• Hieroglyphics

• Papyrus

Tombs for the Pharaohs

• Pyramids

• Coffins

• Canopic Jars

• Cementary

Group of people that conquered and ruled southern Egypt for a century

• Ramses II

• Artisans

• Hyksos

• Scribes

A period of political stability and prosperity in Egypt

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Hyksos

A period when Egypt was reunited and conquered Nubia

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Hyksos

Ruler of the Egyptians

• Queen

• Hyksos

• King Tut

• Pharaoh

Egyptian form of writing that used small pictures to present an alphabet

• Rosetta Stone

• Papyrus

• Scribes

• Hieroglyphics

A key stone which allowed scientists to learn hieroglyphics

• Pyramids

• Rosetta Stone

• Scribes

• Hieroglyphics