Acient Egypt Flashcards
(33 cards)
Vessels that store the vital organs after mummification
Canopic jars
Document that contains spells and charms to help secure passage into the after life.
Book of the dead
How long did it take to mummify a corpse
70 days
First record examples of hieroglyphs date back ________ years
5000 years
What discovery in 1799 finally enabled to translate Egyptian heirlphics
The Rosetta Stone
Who deciphered the translations on the Rosetta Stone
Jean Champollion
Where we’re all the kings buried
Valley of the kings
What three languages were written on the Rosetta Stone
Greek Egyptian demotic
What is Stella
A stone slab used to carve hieroglyphics on before the invention of papyrus
How did cartouche get the name
Named by napoleons soldiers because it looked like the ammunition cartridge in the weapons
What other materials are made from papyrus reeds
Boats sandals rope baskets
How did Egyptian envision the after life
Like everyday life
Ritual down before burial used to awaken
Opening the mouth
Who was the longest raining pharorr
Rames 2 66years
Why did they mummify the body
Believed they needed their body in the afterlife
Egyptian creation belief
Life rose from a primeval ocean
The pyramid symbolizes
Resurrection
What were amulets used for
Protection
Whose tomb was the only one found intact in the valley of the kings
King tut
What is an ushubtes
Clay figures placed in the tombs
Social pyramid
KNOW IT
Who were the only Egyptian taught to read
Scribes doctors viziers
Did Egyptian use the currency
No barter system
Who is Osiris
Ruler of the underworld
