Vocabulary and Actions

1. AFRICA
The Secret of the
Pharaoh
VOCABULARY

2. EGYPT
AFRICA
FLAG
BADGE
(Eagle)

3. DESERT
OASIS
PALM
TREE

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

5. EGYPTIANS
EGYPTIANS SLAVES
PAPYRUS
SCROLL or
MANUSCRIPT
SCRIBE

6. 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, or just pulling them
with ropes.

7. PHARAOH
He was the most powerful person in
Ancient Egypt.

8. QUEEN (Cleopatra was the last queen of
Egypt).

9. GOD GODDESS

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

11. 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.

12. TOMB
CORPSE
(It is a dead body)

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

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

15. BANDAGES
HOOK

16. WINE
OIL
SPICES
NATRON

17. HIEROGLYPHICS
(The ancient Egypt writing system).

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

19. 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
Liver
Lungs Stomach
God
Qebehsenuef
(Falcon headed)
God Imsety
(Human)
God Hapi
(Baboon headed
= Monkey)
God
Duamutef
(Jackal
headed)

20. The 4 sons of God Horus:
Imsety, Duamutef, Hapi, Qebehsenuef
They protected the organs of the Pharaoh.
North West
East
South

21. 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.

22. ANIMALS
DROMEDARY
LEOPARD
CAMEL
LION

23. CROCODILE
ANIMALS
ALLIGATOR
SNAKE COBRA

24. ANIMALS
JACKAL
BEETLE SCORPION
CAT

25. ANIMALS
VULTURE OWL

26. CALENDAR
A.D. (ANNO DOMINI)
(AFTER DEATH)
B.C. (BEFORE CHRIST)

27. ACTIONS
MUMMIFY
(THE BODY)
DECORATE or PAINT
(THE SARCOPHAGUS)
EMBALM
(THE CORPSE)
BUILD
(A PYRAMID)

28. REMOVE WASH
PUT
THROW AWAY
ACTIONS
MAKE AN
INCISION
/ CUT

29. ACTIONS
DIE
BURY
LIVE

30. ACTIONS
DISCOVER or FIND
KILL
WORK
WRAP

31. ACTIONS
DRY / ABSORB TURN RIGHTTURN LEFT
GO STRAIGHT
READ / WRITE