Ancient Egypt Flashcards
(26 cards)
Vessels that store the vital organs after Mummification
Canopic jars
Document that contains spells and charms to help secure passage into the afterlife
Book of the Dead
How long did it take to Mummify a corpse
70 days
Where we the Pharaohs buried?
Valley of the Kings
First recorded examples of hieroglyphs date back _____ years.
5000 years
What discovery in 1799 finally enabled us to translate Egyptian heirglphics
The Rosetta Stone
Who deciphered the translations on the Rosetta Stone
Jean Champollion
What three languages were written on the Rosetta Stone?
Greek, Egyptian, Demotic
What is a Stella?
A stone slab used to carve hieroglyphics on before the invention of papyrus
How did the cartouche get its name?
Named by Napoleon soldiers because it looked like the ammunition cartridge in their weapons
What other materials are made from Papyrus reeds?
Boats, sandals, rope, baskets
How did Egyptians envision the after life?
Like everyday life
Ritual done before burial used to awaken the senses in the afterlife:
“Opening of the mouth” ritual
Who was the longest raining pharaoh?
Ramses II-66 years
What is natron?
Desert salt used to mummify
How did the geography influence their spiritual beliefs?
Why did they mummify the body?
Living next to the desert made them more aware of their mortality
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 to
As symbolic worker of mundane tasks
What was buried with the dead.
Everything you needed in daily life: food clothing, and, animals, servants
Who were the only Egyptians taught to read?
Did Egyptians use currency?
No, barter system
Who is Osiris?
Ruler of the underworld
