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| The crown worn by Osiris. |
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| A place of burial for the dead. |
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| Stick with curved top used by a shepherd with sheep. Carried by god or pharaoh to symbolize kingship, it shows that the king cared for his people as a shepherd cares for his sheep. |
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| A massive structure with a square base and four triangular sides that meet at a point. In the Old Kingdom, were used as tombs for the pharaohs. |
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| A clay servant-figure placed in the tomb to serve the pharaoh in the afterlife and would work in the Field of Reeds. |
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| Charm or piece of jewelry worn as protection against evil, placed in mummy wrappings. |
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| A symbol of life which looks like a cross with a circular top. |
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| The cobra (snake) used as a symbol of sovereignty by the Egyptians, found on the pharaoh’s crown. |
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| The scientific study of the material remains of a human culture. |
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| Tool consisting of a heavy club, attached to a long handle with a hinge used to separate grain from chaff. Carried by god or pharaoh to symbolize kingship and the fertility of the land. |
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| an oval or oblong figure that contains a name (enclosure protects the wearer against evil). |
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| The “magic eye” of Horus. A symbol used for protection. |
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| Texts containing spells and charms placed in the tomb to help a dead person’s soul through the dangers of the underworld. Two hundred different spells were used in all, but no one text uses all two hundred. |
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| A word used to refer to a god or goddess. |
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| A game played by Egyptians with a board and counters. It had lucky and unlucky squares, and was probably similar to the modern game of checkers. |
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| He had the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx built. |
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| A body preserved according to ancient Egyptian practice. |
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| The life force of a person, born at the same time, which accompanied the person through life. It could live on after the person’s death if it was provided with food and an image of the person to use as a resting place. |
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| A dung beetle. Lays it’s eggs in animal dung then forms the dung into a ball and rolls it around with it’s pinchers until the eggs hatch. Because the eggs seemed to hatch out of nothing the Egyptians used the beetle as a symbol of regeneration and new life. The beetle was often used as a protective amulet for good luck. |
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