Egyptology

- Egyptology

: the study of pharaonic Egypt, spanning the period c. 4500 BCE to CE 641¹.

- Ancient Egypt: a civilization in northeastern Africa that dates from the 4th millennium BCE².

- Pyramid: a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.

- Sphinx: a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion, often depicted in ancient Egyptian art as a guardian of temples and tombs.

- Pharaoh: a ruler of ancient Egypt, considered as a god on earth.

- Giza: a city in northern Egypt, near Cairo, where the Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx are located.

- Great Pyramid: the largest and oldest of the three pyramids at Giza, built by King Khufu (Cheops) in the 26th century BCE as his tomb.

- Mummy: a dead body that has been preserved from decay, especially by being treated with chemicals or wrapped in cloth, as practiced in ancient Egypt.

- Obelisk: a tall, four-sided pillar that ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top, used as a monument or a landmark in ancient Egypt.

- Papyrus: a material made from the pith of a water plant, used in ancient times as a writing surface.

- Sarcophagus: a stone coffin, especially one bearing an inscription or a sculpture, used for the burial of a prominent person in ancient Egypt.

- Scarab: a type of beetle that was sacred to the ancient Egyptians, often represented in jewelry and amulets.

- Temple: a building devoted to the worship of a god or gods in ancient Egypt, usually containing a sanctuary and a cult statue.

- Tomb: a chamber or vault for the burial of a dead person, often decorated with paintings and inscriptions in ancient Egypt.

- Red Sea: a long, narrow sea between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, linked to the Mediterranean Sea by the Suez Canal.

- Nile River: the longest river in the world, flowing north from Lake Victoria in eastern Africa to the Mediterranean Sea, forming a fertile delta in Egypt.

- Sahara Desert: the largest hot desert in the world, covering most of North Africa.

- Silt: fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as sediment, especially in a river delta or on a floodplain.

- Thebes: an ancient city in Upper Egypt, the capital of the New Kingdom, known for its temples and tombs.

- Valley of the Kings: a valley on the west bank of the Nile near Thebes, where many pharaohs and nobles of the New Kingdom were buried in rock-cut tombs.

- Hieroglyph: a stylized picture of an object or a symbol representing a word or a sound, used as a writing system in ancient Egypt.

- Linen: a fabric made from the fibers of the flax plant, used for making clothes and other items in ancient Egypt.

- Oasis: a fertile spot in a desert where water is found, often supporting vegetation and wildlife.

- Archeologist: a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation and analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

- Artifact: an object made by a human being, typically of cultural or historical interest.

- Cairo: the capital and largest city of Egypt, situated on the Nile River.

- Cleopatra: the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt, who ruled from 51 to 30 BCE, famous for her alliances and romances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony of Rome.

- Ramses the Great: the third pharaoh of the 19th dynasty of ancient Egypt, who ruled from 1279 to 1213 BCE, known for his military campaigns and his monumental buildings.

- Tutankhamun: a pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt, who ruled from c. 1332 to 1323 BCE, famous for his intact tomb discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter.

- Egyptomania: a fascination with ancient Egypt and its culture, especially in art, architecture, and literature.