Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Archaeology

• The study of trees

• The study of the human past through digging up remains and looking at artefacts

• The study of the human past

• An object that is dug up from the past

History

• A story.

• Anything that has happened or will happen.

• The past.

• The study of the human past to understand what, how, and why events happened.

Agriculture

• The process of farming and growing crops, breeding livestock etc.

• The process of growing agrum.

• The process of digging up remains from the past.

• A type of crop grown in Ancient Egypt.

Irrigation

• A method of applying make-up in Ancient Egypt.

• The process of growing crops.

• Watering crops by using a system of canals (man-made channels).

• The emotion of being frustrated or annoyed.

Artefact

• The process of digging up the past.

• A physical object or "remain" from the past.

• A special type of fact.

• The name of the first pharaoh of Egypt.

In history, what is a "source"?

• A picture.

• The place where a river start.

• Anything (images, artefacts, written texts etc.) used to learn about the past.

• Another way of spelling the word "sauce".

Excavation

• The process of carefully digging up and documenting artefacts buried in the ground.

• The process of carefully digging trenches for canals.

• The process of exploring caves.

• Taking a vacation to see the Sword of Excalibur.