3 Terms Flashcards
(10 cards)
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Nile River
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the river that Egyptians depended on for irrigation
2
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Rosetta Stone
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the key to deciphering Hieroglyphic text; was written on in Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek
3
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Hieroglyphics
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ancient Egyptian text/writing
4
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pharaoh
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the king or ruler; the Earthly god
5
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Ka
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a “Life Source” that needs to be preserved for the afterlife; i.e. a soul.
6
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canon
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formula for figure representation and conventions; rules the presentation of the pharaoh
7
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Re
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a god whose symbol is a pyramid shaped stone; most pharaohs claimed to be his descendants
8
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Amen (Amun)
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god the the wind and king of the gods
9
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Aton (Aten)
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the sun god who shifted Amenhotep’s ruled religion from polytheism to monotheism
10
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Osiris
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god of the dead; whose cult prayers in the “book of the dead” were found in many tombs
