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A: Achet. An amulet for luck Represented the sun Made of red stone or red glass. B: Benben. Symbol of the sun god Linked to Primeval Mound Linked to Amun. C: Coffin. Container to hold mummy Shape of human body or rectangle Made of different materials. D: Dreams.
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A: Achet • An amulet for luck • Represented the sun • Made of red stone or red glass
B: Benben • Symbol of the sun god • Linked to Primeval Mound • Linked to Amun
C: Coffin • Container to hold mummy • Shape of human body or rectangle • Made of different materials
D: Dreams • Dreams were sent by gods • Told the future • Were either good or bad
E: Epagomenal Days • 360 days each year • Realized days weren’t in tune with season, added five days to end of year • The goddess Nut gave birth to her five children on those days
F: Funerary Beliefs • Burials were just pit graves with mummy inside • Started burying everyday objects with mummies • Pharaohs were moved to tombs
G: Gold • Found in the Red Land • Most precious thing in Egypt • “Flesh of the Gods”
H: Hathor • Cow was her symbol • Oldest and most beloved goddess • Became Mother Goddess
I: Immortality • Meant you could live forever • Only for those pure of heart • The life after death
J: Judgment Day • After death, chance to become immortal • Heart weighed against feather • If heart was heavier, you would not exist
K: Khat • Mummified body only home for khat • Spells to protect khat • Offerings for khat
L: Letters to the Dead • Practiced writing letters to the dead • Wrote in a bowl full of offerings • Asked for help on Judgment Day
M: Mummy • Dead, preserved body • Made by priests • Have spells done over them
N: Nile River • Without Nile River, no Egypt • Good when Nile floods • Prayed to Sobek
O: Osiris • Close relations with many gods • God of death and rebirth • Murdered by brother, Seth
P: Priests • Unsealed and sealed temples • Lead by Chief Priest [pharaoh] • Were closest to gods
Q: Queen Hatshepsut • Greatest female ruler • Addressed as a man after becoming pharaoh • Sent expeditions to other lands
R: Ramses II • Made big building projects • Egypt’s last warrior-pharaoh • Had over 100 sons
S: Social Classes • Jobs based on social classes • Classes like pyramids; top to bottom • Very important
T :Tutankhamen • Not important ruler • Everything made of gold and finery • Had six daughters and a wife
U: Underworld • Need to be dead and preserved • Defeat any threat • Reach west of Nile before sun sets
V: Valley of the Kings • Important rulers in tombs • 11 identified tombs • Some family members included
W: Women • Considered sacred • Highly respected • Had more rights than in other countries
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