Extra credit assigment 2: ANCIENT EGYPT

ANCIENT EGYPT: VOCABULARY

Silt: to fill, cover or obstruct./ A material made of sand and clay.

Upper Nile: the farthest part of the Nile to the ocean.

Lower Nile: the nearest part of the Nile to the ocean. 

Pharaoh: the egiptian ruler consider a living god. 

Delta: a fertile triangle-shaped area.

Polytheistic: when you believe in many gods

Deity: god.

Vizier: a chief minister.

After life: life after death.

Mummification: to amke into a mummy by embalming and drying the body.

Looted: stolen.

Grave-robbers: people who steal the treasures from tombs.

Monuments: structures meant to serve as physical reminders of famous people and events. Memorials.

Memorials: objects that help us remember. 

Embalming: the temporary preservation of the body for funeral ceremonies. 

Wakes: showing teh body in its casket.

Morticians: funeral director. People who supervices or conduct the preparation of the dead.

Egyptologist: an arqueologist that specializes in Egiptology.

Monotheistic: to believe in one god.

Patron: a person who pays to scholars, artis, musicians, etc, so they can continue their important work. 

Archive: a library of historical materials. 

Asia Minor: It's between the black sea and the Mediterranean.

Decline: loose strenght, power, importance.

Hieroglyphics: an egyptian form of writing. Pictures and symbols used to represent objects and ideas.

Papyrus: a plant that grew a long the river, used to make paper.

Scrolls: a roll. An acient book written on such a roll.

Demotic: a way of writing, but it was simpler that hieroglyphics. 

Caligraphy: the art of writing.

Decipher: to decode. To read or interpret.