Kyle Flashcards
What does the word delta mean?
An area where a river fans out into various branches as it flows into a body of water.
What does the word hieroglyphics mean?
A picture representing an object, sound, or idea that was part of the ancient. Writing system.
What does the word dynasty mean?
A series of rulers from the same family.
What does the word pharaoh mean?
An ancient egyption ruler.
What does the word pyramid mean?
A massive monumental tomb for a pharaoh.
What does the word mummy mean?
A preserved body of a pharaoh or other powerful person is ancient egypt.
What does the word embalm mean?
To preserve a body after death; the process of treating a body to prevent it from decaying.
What does the word Afterlife mean?
Life believed to follow death.
Which way does the nile river flow?
The Nile River flows South to the north
What was the purpose of a pyramid?
The purpose of the pyrimid is to keep the pharoh’s tombs from getting robbed.
Pyramids were tombs for pharaohs were where the pharaoh was buried with all of their possessions
Why did pharaohs stop building pyramids?
At the end of the old kingdom pyramids were no longer built because they were constantly burglarized by grave robbers.
What are some accomplishments of the ancient egyptions?
Hieroglyphics papytus and ink
Geometry and building, calender based on 365 days
Mummification and knowledge of surgery and medicine
Math
What do the Physical features of egypt provide for its people?
Physical features that they had in ancient egypt was the nile river it helped out egypt a lot and it gave them plenty of fertile soil to plant crops.
On the rosetta stone what are the 3 languages?
Greek, hieroglyphic, demotic
Who descovered the rosetta stone?
A soldier found the rosetta stone in 1799 near ancient egypt.
