Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

5. The process of preserving a body after death.
6. The full name for the boy king who ruled at the age of ten.
8. This desert is the vast expanse on the western border of Egypt.
10. The name for a prosperous and successful time period in ancient Egypt.
16. A line of rulers from the same family.
17. A capital city in ancient Egypt.
19. ________ periods were times of chaos and uncertainty in ancient Egypt.
21. The Great Pyramid was built for King _____.
22. Alexander the Great conquered Egypt and named this city after himself.
24. An extra amount of something.
26. Famous woman pharaoh who made many advances in ancient Egypt.
27. This animal was considered sacred in ancient Egypt.
28. The Egyptians were the first to be concerned with ______ by using things like toothpaste, toothbrushes, and breath mints.

1. The Nile river did this regularly, it was gentle and predictable, and helped with farming.
2. The name for the fertile region at the mouth of the Nile River.
3. Egypt's society was divided into _________ based on wealth and power (two words).
4. Egyptian writing system.
7. The Nile River flows into the _________ Sea.
9. This discovery was made in 1799 and allowed historians to translate ancient languages (two words).
11. The reed plant used to make paper that grew along the shores of the Nile.
12. Trade without the use of money.
13. A large structure built as a tomb for a pharaoh.
14. Another name for an ancient god or goddess.
15. The name for the largest pyramid built in ancient Egypt (two words).
18. An all-powerful Egyptian king.
20. The name of a good that a country produces and then sells to another country for profit.
23. A capital city in ancient Egypt.
25. The longest river in the world; considered a gift to the ancient Egyptians.