AFRICA

THE SECRET OF THE PHARAOH

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EgyptAFRICA

FLAG

BADGE (Eagle)

DESERT

OASIS

PALM TREE

RIVER NILE

It is the longest river in the world. It goes through the desert. Cities were built by the river.

EGYPTIANS

EGYPTIANSSLAVES

SCRIBE

PAPYRUSSCROLL or

MANUSCRIPT

PYRAMID (House of eternity)

The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for the Pharaohs and their queens. There are 108 pyramids discovered in Egypt. They had point shape because they were looking up the sky. They had labyrinths with secrets inside with the aim of not finding the Pharaoh’s sarcophagus. They spent lots of years to build one. They were built in the desert and rocks were brought by boat (from the River Nile). They transported them with the help of wood trunks.

PHARAOH

He was the most powerful person in ancient Egypt. 

QUEEN (Cleopatra was the last queen of Egypt).

GOD

GODDESS

TEMPLE

The ancient Egyptians believed that temples were the houses of the gods and goddesses.

SPHINX It is a giant sculpture made of rocks which has the body of a lion and the head of a Pharaoh (Khafra). It was set upon the tomb of the Pharaoh, next to the pyramid. It is 20 metres tall and 73 metres long.

TOMB

CORPSE (It is a dead body)

SARCOPHAGUS (The corpse of the Pharaoh was put inside of it and decorated with paintings).

COFFIN

MUMMY (The corpse of the Pharaoh was wrapped with bandages).

BANDAGES

HOOK

WINE

OIL

SPICES

NATRON

HIEROGLYPHICS (The ancient Egypt writing system).

LABYRINTH (There were labyrinths inside the pyramid with the purpose of not finding the sarcophagus).

CANOPIC JARS (They were used by the Ancient Egyptians during the mummification process to store and preserve the viscera (organs) of the Pharaoh for the afterlife.

Intestines

LiverLungs Stomach

God Qebehsenuef

(Falcon headed)

God Imsety

(Human)

God Hapi (Baboon headed = Monkey)

God Duamutef

(Jackal headed)

The 4 sons of God Horus:

Imsety, Duamutef, Hapi, Qebehsenuef They protected the organs of the

Pharaoh.

North WestEast

South

TREASURE

JEWELLERY

AMULET

All these things were put inside the sarcophagus together with the corpse

of the Pharaoh.

ANKH. The key of life.

This is for health, prosperity and long

life.

ANIMALS

DROMEDARY

LEOPARD

CAMEL

LION

CROCODILE

ANIMALS

ALLIGATOR

SNAKE COBRA

ANIMALS

JACKAL

BEETLE SCORPION

CAT

ANIMALS

VULTURE OWL

CALENDAR

A.D. (ANNO DOMINI)(AFTER DEATH)

B.C. (BEFORE CHRIST)

ACTIONS

MUMMIFY (THE BODY)

DECORATE or PAINT (THE SARCOPHAGUS)

EMBALM (THE CORPSE)

BUILD (A PYRAMID)

REMOVE WASH

PUTTHROW AWAY

ACTIONS

MAKE AN INCISION

/ CUT

ACTIONS

DIE

BURY

LIVE

ACTIONS

DISCOVER or FIND

KILL

WORK

WRAP

ACTIONS

DRY / ABSORB TURN RIGHTTURN LEFT

GO STRAIGHT

READ / WRITE