The Egyptians
Key person in History
Prior Learning KS1- Human and Physical Features of Countries Year 2- Continents and Oceans Year 3- Stone Age/ Viking (Civilisation) Year 4- Romans/ Ancient Maya (Civilisation) Year 5- Ancient Greece (Civilisation)
Key Vocabulary BC
Used to show that a date is before the year 0. This is counted backwards, so 200 BC is before 100 BC.
AD
Used to show that a date is after the year 0. This is counted forwards, so AD 100 is before AD 200.
hieroglyphics
A system of writing that used pictures and symbols (hieroglyphs) instead of letters.’
cartouche
An oval shape in which the names of kings and queens were often written in hieroglyphics to show that they were special.
pharoah
A ruler of ancient Egypt
Mummification
The process of preserving a body after death in preparation for the afterlife
Dynasty
A period of rule when a series of pharaohs all come from the same family
Canopic jars
Special jars that held the organs of a mummy including the lungs, intestines, liver and stomach
Papyrus
A plant that grew on the banks of the Nile. It was used as an early version of paper.
Howard Carter - Archaeologist
LC 1
Who were the Egyptians and where did they come from?
LC 2
What was life like in Ancient Egypt?
LC 3
When did the Egyptian Empire exist?
LC 4
Who were the Egyptian Gods?
Sarcophagus
A large stone box that held a mummy’s coffin. Often richly decorated for Pharoahs
Afterlife
The place where Egyptians believed they would go after they died
LC 5
What happened to people when they died in Egypt?
Egyptologist
An archaeologist who focusses on Ancient Egypt. Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb
LC 6
Who was Tutankhamen?