Science 6Ancient Egypt

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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 dad pharaohs, generally four, in the form of the sons of Horus .

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

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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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Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses.

Gods & Goddesses

 Horus falcon headed god looked after the pharaohs

Isis wife of Osiris

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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. As they believed in the afterlife they had to preserve the body to preserve the soul (spirit)

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”.They were considered to be the link between humans and gods.

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Queens of Egypt Ancient Egypt had some very powerful queens.

Cleopatra .

Hatshepsut

Nefertiti

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A structure containing the dead bodies of pharaohs. They were enormous tombs..

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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