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A symbol of ‘eternal life ankh

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archeologist A person who looks for and studies artifacts from long ago.

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artifact something e.g. a pot, tool, statue - that tells us about the past.

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Canopic jars Vessels containing the inner organs of the dead pharaohs. (intestines, lungs, stomach...)

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cartouche The name of a pharaoh in hieroglyphs surrounded by an oval band.

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Chariot A two wheeled horse drawn vehicle.

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Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs wore a crown or a head-cloth. The most important of these was the double crown it meant the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.

crown

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Gods & Goddesses

Anubis God of the Dead has the head of a jackal

Bastet cat headed

Goddess of the homea gentle protective goddess

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Gods & Goddesses

 Horus falcon headed god looked after the pharaohs

Isis wife of Osiris

Goddess of women and childrenS Westwood 2010

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Osiris God of death and rebirth, the underworld and the Earth.

RaRa was the sun godMan with hawk head and headdress with a sun disk .

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a way of writing that uses pictures to show words or sounds.

hieroglyphics-

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mummification - Ancient Egyptian method of preserving dead bodies.

mummy

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The river that runs through the middle of Egypt.

Nile

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Pharaoh

Name for the King of Egypt. It means “Great House” or “Palace”.

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Queens of Egypt Ancient Egypt had some very powerful queens.

Cleopatra Queen of Egypt in 51 BC. Later ruled with her brothers Ptolemy X111 and Ptolemy X1V.

HatshepsutQueen of Egypt from about 1473 – 1458 BC.

Nefertiti Queen of Pharaoh Akhenaten 1352- 1336 BC.

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Rameses ,Ramesis, Ramesses, Ramses Ramsis These were the names of

Pharaohs who reigned during the New Kingdom, 19th and 20th

dynasty.

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A structure containing the burial rooms of pharaohs.

pyramid

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a stone coffinsarcophagus

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Sacred Egyptian symbol of a beetle. It was a protector of written products

scarab

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