Ancient Egypt LKS2
Timeline Ancient Egypt AD 1500 Historical Skills Vocabulary
Maya Civilisation Used to show that a date is Used to show that a date
3500 BC AD 1 before the year AD 1. This is is after the year AD 1. This
AD
BC
counted backwards so 200 is counted forwards so AD
Roman Anglo-Saxon
Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age
Britain Britain BC is before 100 BC. 100 is before AD 200.
Key Vocabulary The Ancient Egyptian Empire
In c. 3000 BC, King Menes united two Egyptian kingdoms to
ancient Something from a very long time ago.
build the empire of ancient Egypt. It lasted until 30 BC when the
A human society with well-developed rules and Romans took over.
civilisation government, often where technology and the
arts are considered important. The Nile A Pharaoh’s Death
Life revolved around the Nile. The ancient Egyptians
The country on the continent of Africa where
Egypt Every year, it flooded and built the pyramids
the ancient Egyptian civilisation was created.
left behind a black silt that as resting places for
A system of writing that consists of pictures enriched the soil for growing the pharaohs.
hieroglyphics
and symbols (hieroglyphs) instead of letters. crops. The river was also used
When a pharaoh died,
A system of canals or channels dug by the to irrigate fields in other areas.
priests would prepare their
Egyptians to supply water to grow crops The Nile was used for water, bodies with a process called
irrigation
over a larger area than the water would fishing and trade. Mud from the mummification.
naturally reach. river banks was used to make The pharaoh was then placed
A river that runs through Egypt. It was bricks and papyrus plants were in a tomb, often under a
the Nile used to make paper.
essential to life in ancient Egypt. pyramid, with their most
Most people lived along and treasured possessions. The
pharaoh A ruler of ancient Egypt.
around the Nile. This is still ancient Egyptians believed
A sealed room where a person was placed true in Egypt today. that these treasures would
tomb
after death. help them in the afterlife.
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Ancient Egypt LKS2
Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt Writing (Hieroglyphics)
The ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods and goddesses In ancient Egypt, scribes wrote on papyrus. Papyrus was a thick
who were responsible for different aspects of life and death. type of paper made from reeds that grew along the Nile. Scribes were
mostly men who went to a special school to learn to write.
God of the sky.
Horus The ancient Egyptians believed a pharaoh was a Scribes wrote using hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs were used for religious
god-like living version of Horus. texts and inscriptions on statues and tombs. They were also used for
God of wisdom. counting crops and animals so that the right taxes could be taken.
Thoth He is believed to have invented hieroglyphics and
Did You Know…?
kept a record of all knowledge.
The Rosetta Stone was discovered in
Goddess of truth. 1799. It was written in hieroglyphs
Ma’at Pharaohs promised to follow Ma’at and be fair and two other languages, including
and honest. ancient Greek, which language experts
Osiris God of the dead. could still read. They translated
the hieroglyphs by comparing the
God of mummification.
He weighed the hearts of the dead against Ma’at’s languages. It took 20 years to translate
Anubis all the text into modern language.
feather. If the heart was lighter, the person could
pass to the afterlife.
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun was a pharaoh known more recently
as the ‘boy king’ because he became pharaoh when
he was 9 years old.
His tomb was discovered by Howard Carter and his
team in the Valley of the Kings in 1922.
The discovery helped people to understand more Tutankhamun’s
about the Egyptians pharaohs. death mask
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