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