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Art of Ancient Egypt

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akhenaton
noun
originally Amenhotep IV, king of Egypt of the 18th dynasty, who moved the capital to Tell El Amarna
amarna
adjective
cuneiform tablets found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna that contain correspondence from neighboring kings
anubis
noun
the god of tombs and weigher of the hearts of the dead
book of the dead
noun
books with elaborate illustrations with prayers, hymns and incantations for souls of the dead
canopic jar
noun
jar used in ancient Egypt to contain the entrails of an embalmed body
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coptic
noun
language descended from ancient Egyptian, extinct as a spoken language since the 16th century
demotic script
noun
simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
divine right of kings
noun
doctrine that the right of rule derives directly from God, not from the consent of the people
egyptology
noun
scientific study of Egyptian antiquities
hieratic script
adjective
script used by priests in ancient Egypt
hieroglyph
noun
pictographic script of ancient Egypt
horus
noun
solar deity, regarded as the son of Isis and Osiris, represented as a falcon
ka
noun
a spiritual entity, believed to live within the body during life and to survive it after death
mastaba tomb
noun
ancient tomb made of mud brick, rectangular in plan with sloping sides and a flat roof
mummy
noun
dead body preserved by the ancient Egyptian process of embalming
nefertari
noun
Egyptian queen, wife of Ramses, whose elaborate tomb is the largest found in the Valley of Queens
oracle
noun
person or thing serving as an agency of divine communication
osiris
noun
king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis
papyrus
noun
material prepared from thin strips of the pith the plant laid together, soaked, pressed, and dried
sarcophagus
noun
stone coffin bearing sculpture and inscriptions often displayed as a monument
scarab
noun
representation of a beetle used among the ancient Egyptians as a symbol, seal or amulet
shabti statue
noun
ceramic figure who would work for the deceased in the afterlife included in burial
sobek
noun
crocodile-headed deity, regarded as god of Nile products
step pyramid
noun
earliest form of pyramid in Egypt, dating from the 3rd Dynasty
talatat
noun
standardized stone blocks used to build the Aton temples during the reign of Akhenaton
vulture
noun
symbol for royalty

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