Winston Flashcards
silt
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
papyrus
Egyptian paper
hieroglyphs
pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds
Rosetta stone
a huge, stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics
Mummification
A process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying
Oriris
God of the underworld
Upper Egypt
Southern part of Egypt
Lower Egypt
The northern part of ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
A ruler of ancient Egypt
menes
United upper and lower Egypt