Ancient Egypt Society

The process of a dead body becomes dried or preserved so they will not decay

• Acidification

• Decomposition

• Lithification

• Mummification

A collection of spells to help souls navigate the afterlife. Known to ancient Egyptians as "Book on Coming Forth by Day"

• Book of the Living

• Book of the Dead

• Book of the Answer

• Book of the Soul

A black granite stone near the town of Rosetta that was the key for translating Egyptian hieroglyphics

• The Egyptian Stone

• The Great Stone Tablet

• The Rosetta Stone

Oldest-known ancient Egyptian writing system

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Pictographs

• Sanskrit

2700 BCE - 2200 BCE known as the "age of the pyramids"

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Pyramid Kingdom

1550 BCE - 1077 BCE known as the "Egyptian Empire"

• New Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• Middle Kingdom

• Nile Kingdom

2040 BCE - 1782 BCE known as the "reunification"

• Middle Kingdom

• Old Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Egyptian Kingdom

Title used to describe the monarchs of ancient Egypt

• King

• Pharaoh

• Emperor

• Supreme Leader

Ruled Egypt from 2551 to 2528 B.C.E known for building the Great Pyramid of Giza

• Khufu

• Hatshepsut

• Ramses II

• Djoser

She ruled Egypt from 1473 to 1458 BCE. She was the most powerful female Egyptian ruler

• Hatshepsut

• Khufu

• Sensuret

• Ramses II