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Humanities Mid-Term
Egypt
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History
12th Grade
10/19/2009

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Opening of the Mouth
Definition
Ceremony to restore the senses
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Osiris
Definition
God of the underworld
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West Bank
Definition
The place where all bodies are buried
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Hapshetshut
Definition
The only true Egyptian female pharoah
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Howard Carter
Definition
Discovered Tuts tomb.
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Hieroglyphs
Definition
Symbolized a sound
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Giza
Definition
Location of pyramids
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Scribes
Definition
trained for 5 years
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Aten
Definition
worshiped
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Ka
Definition
Guardian spirit of the afterlife
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Ra
Definition
creator of all men
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Akhanaton
Definition
Responsible for monotheism
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Cartouche
Definition
an oval containing a royal name
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Memphis
Definition
capital of Egypt during the old and middle kingdom
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Nile
Definition
overflows once a year, provides stability to Egypt
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North
Definition
Direction in which the Nile flows
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Anubis
Definition
God of embalming
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Valley of the Kings
Definition
Location of tombs beginning in the 18th dynasty
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Priest
Definition
challenged the Pharaohs power
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Thebes
Definition
capital of Egypt during the new kingdom
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Ramses
Definition
Built the largest and most temples
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Tutankhamen
Definition
boy king, most intact tomb ever found
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Book of the Dead
Definition
how to manual for the afterlife
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Menes
Definition
United upper and lower Egypt
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Khafre
Definition
responsible for the Sphinx
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Africa
Definition
Continent on which Egypt is located
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Lower Egypt
Definition
Located in northern Egypt, symbol is the cobra
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Isis
Definition
symbol is the cow, goddess of birth and fertility
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Rockcliff Tombs
Definition
created to discourage grave robbers
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Seth
Definition
he killed his brother
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Mastaba
Definition
Bench-like tomb
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Natroh
Definition
chemical used to dry out the body
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Esyptology
Definition
Study of Egypt
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Cairo
Definition
the modern day capital of Egypt
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Stridedache
Definition
Most popular dance in Egypt
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Sarcoushasag
Definition
Large stone box served as finak resting place
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Horus
Definition
spend his life avenging his fathers death
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Papyrus
Definition
papers used in Egypt
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Rosetta Stone
Definition
used the decipher hieroglyphics
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Brain
Definition
believed to be useless in the afterlife
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Champillion
Definition
worked for years deciphering the Rosetta stone
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Canopic
Definition
jars in which organs are placed
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linen
Definition
used to wrap mummies
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Heart
Definition
Organ left intact
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Aswam Dam
Definition
Built to regulate modern flood waters of the Nile
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lelamarnu
Definition
this period of art is characterized by elongated faces
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Thoth
Definition
recorder of the underworld
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Nuu
Definition
The formless abyss
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