Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

simplified version of hieroglyphics

• Hatshepsut

• Hyksos

• Hieratic Script

• Ka

city where the Great Pyramid is located

• Ka

• Nile

• Giza

• Hyksos

highest ruler in Ancient Egypt

• pharaoh

• Mrs. Malone

• Ka

• Giza

period of expansion and stability

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

• Lower Egypt

• Upper Egypt

divided Upper and Lower Egypt

• Ka

• Hyksos

• Nile River

• The Great Wall

process Egyptians used to prevent dead bodies from rotting

• freezing

• mummification

• Giza

• Hyksos

invaded and ruled Egypt for about 100 years

• pharaoh

• Hatshepsut

• Hyksos

• Ka

first woman to become Pharaoh, daughter of King Thutmose I

• Ka

• Mrs. Malone

• Hatshepsut

• Ramses

northern part of Egypt, where the delta flows into the Mediterranean Sea

• Upper Egypt

• Lower Egypt

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

uninhabitable because it was too hot to live there

• black lands

• red lands

• Hyksos

• Louisiana