🐫 8 AE • Glossary

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• Akhet

• - the time of life after death, part of the ancient Egyptians’ spiritual beliefs.

• Chronology

• - pottery jars used to store the intestines, liver, lungs and stomach of the preserved body.

• Cartouche

• - the order in which things happened.

• Afterlife

• - an oval shape surrounding an inscription in hieroglyphs identifying the name of the pharaoh.

• Canopic jars

• - the flood season that occurred from July to October each year.

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• Crook and flail

• • - paintings on plaster walls or ceilings.

• Dynasty

• - area where a river splits into separate streams or rivers before flowing into the sea.

• Embalming

• - curved stick (hieroglyph for ‘king’) and whip (symbol of Osiris) carried by the pharaoh as a symbol of his royal power.

• Delta

• - the use of spices and salts to preserve a dead body.

• Frescoes

• - a line of hereditary rulers. In ancient Egyptian times, the position of pharaoh was usually passed from father to son.

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• Hypostyle hall

• - a way of bringing water to dry land.

• Hieroglyphics

• - ancient Egyptian written language composed of picture-like symbols.

• Natron

• - the preservation of bodies by drying them, packing them with minerals and wrapping them in linen cloths.

• Irrigation

• - a room full of columns that looked like papyrus plants reaching towards the sun.

• Mummification

• - a mineral used to preserve bodies.

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• Peret

• - the season for sowing crops that occurred from November to February each year.

• Papyrus

• - a series of steps used to measure the height of the Nile flood.

• Nomarch

• - the person responsible for day-to-day government in each of Egypt’s main regions.

• Nomes

• - the regions that ancient Egypt was divided into to make government easier.

• Nilometer

• - a plant made into flattened strips on which to write.

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• Shemu

• - word meaning ‘great house’, used to describe the ruler of Egypt in ancient times.

• Pharaoh

• - a massive gateway entrance.

• Scribe

• - an important tool for moving water.

• Pylon

• - a person who trained for up to five years in the language and writing skills essential for recording government decisions, keeping tax records, writing official letters and preparing inscriptions.

• Shaduf

• - the Egyptian name for the harvest season that occurred from March to June each year.

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• vizier

• - the person who took responsibility for the pharaoh’s government and who was the chief judge in ancient Egypt.

• tomb

• - a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.

• Sluice

• - dolls depicting servants, who would supposedly do any work that the god Osiris might ask the dead person to do in the afterlife.

• Ushabti

• - a channel in which the flow of water is controlled by a gate or some other device.

• Silt

• - eroded soil carried by a river.

How long did the ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for?

• The ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for over 3000 years.

• The ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for over 2000 years.

• The ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for 3000 years.

• The ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for 2000 years.

• The ancient Egypt civilisation lasted for 2500 years.

Before ancient Egypt became an empire it was a series of independent city-states. 
Where were these city-states located?

• The independent city-states were located in the Nile River.

• The independent city-states were located on the left banks of the Nile River.

• The independent city-states were located along the banks of the Nile River.

• The independent city-states were located in Egypt.

Which of the names below are some of the key city-states which eventually became ancient Egypt?

• Nileoplis

• Memphis

• Abydos

• Thebes

• Nileoplitus

Which of the following names of the key city-states did not became ancient Egypt?

• Nekhen

• Nileoplis

• Heliopolis

• Thebes