egypt

• delta


  a triangular from made of sediment at the mouth of a river that affects the water flow
• cataracts

  rapids along a river, such as those along the Nile in Egypt
• Pharaoh


  A ruler of ancient Egypt
• Dynasty


  a series of rulers from the same bloodline
• Osiris


  god of the underworld and judge of the dead revived by sister/wife to Isis - depicted as a mummy with green ,blue, black skin
• Isis


  sky goddess and protector of women, revived brother/husband Osiris, throne headed
• Horus


  son of Isis/Osiris - protecter of kings, god of sky, hawk headed - youth
• Hathor

  son of Ra, goddess of love and joy, cow-headed, (punishment for humanity)
• Ra


  the most important god, SUN GOD father of Hathor, hawk-headed
• Anubis


  god/protecter of mummification/dead head of jackal - weighs heart with feather
• Bastet


  Goddess of cats - reason of mummified cats
• mummification

  the Ancient Egyptian process of preparing a dead body for the afterlife
• Thutmose III

  1st great general, Egypt reached peak under his rule
• Hatshepsut


  first female pharaoh, dressed as man to gain respect, ruled as regent
• Rameses the Great

  reigned for 67 years, war hero, made many temples
• Akhenaten


  Unpopular pharaoh that changed the capital and tried to change the religion from polytheism to montheism
• King Tut


  teenage ruler that reinstated the old capital and polytheism, found tomb fully intact
• Menes

  first pharaoh, credited for unifying upper and lower Egypt
• obelisk


  A tall, four-sided pillar that is pointed on top
• Rosetta Stone

  a huge stone slab that helped researchers translate hieroglyphics
• Hieroglyphics


  An ancient Egyptian writing system
• Papyrus

  A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds
• regent

  a person who takes the place of a ruler while they are unable to
• who led the Israelites out of Egypt

  Moses
• ka

  soul
• Sphinx


  a ancient Egyptian statue with the head of an important figure (pharaoh) and body of a lion