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Year 3: Ancient EgyptSubject Specific Vocabulary Key questions

v What is the name of the writing system used in Ancient Egypt?

v Where did Egyptians believe they would go after they died?v What was a Pharoah?

v How did the Egyptians preserve a body after death?

v Who was the youngest Pharoah?v What is the name of the river in

Egypt?

Sticky Knowledge

Pharoah

The most powerful person in ancient Egypt was the

Pharaoh. He was the political and religious leader of the

Egyptian people.

The Valley of the Kings (where most Pharaohs were

buried) was near Luxor, close to Thebes.

HieroglyphicsHieroglyphics is a writing system that uses pictures

and symbols instead of letters and words.

Tutankhamun was the youngest Pharaoh, famed for his burial tomb in the

Valley of the Kings.

PyramidThe ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens. Interesting Books

The Nile River is the longest river in the world.

It flows into the Mediterranean Sea.

It has a length of about 6,695 kilometers (4,160

miles)

MummificationThe process of preserving a

body after death in preparation for the afterlife.

SarcophagusA large stone box that held a mummy’s coffin. Often richly

decorated for Pharaohs.

AfterlifeThe place where Egyptians

believed they would go after they died.

Egyptian men and women wore makeup.

It was thought to have healing powers, plus it

helped protect their skin from the sun.Papyrus

A plant that grew on the banks of the Nile. It was

used as an early version of paper.