ANCIENT EGYPT VOCABULARY

A place for burying a corpse.

• sarcophagus

• shadoof

• natron

• tomb

Title of the ancient Egyptian kings.

• Pharaoh

• scribe

• mummy

• amulet

Pictures (sounds) representing an object.

• barter

• papyrus

• hieroglyphs

• scarabs

Person making handwritten copies before the printing press.

• embalming

• sphinx

• barter

• scribe

Jewelry worn as protection against evil.

• shadoof

• pyramids

• amulet

• Pharaoh

A stone or marble coffin or tomb.

• sphinx

• sarcophagus

• tomb

• scarabs

Treat the body with preservatives.

• embalming

• mummy

• barter

• natron

Huge stone construction with a base to hold tombs of Ancient Egyptians.

• hieroglyphs

• pyramids

• shadoof

• sarcophagus

Sacred beetles

• amulet

• scribe

• scarabs

• tomb

Mechanism for raising water.

• embalming

• natron

• sphinx

• shadoof