ba | | guilty of fratricide |
Seth | | where the ka statue sits and peers out |
Min | | blue-green glaze made with glass and quartz crystals |
palette | | great big ol' gate or monumental entrance |
Horus | | harmony, justice, and the right order of things |
shabti | | type of hall with tall pillars surrounding a temple |
cartouche | | sails across the sky every day; is reborn each night |
Isis | | triangular marshy area where a river spreads out |
cartonnage | | plaster soaked papyrus wrapped around a body |
Osiris | | little figurines to serve you in the afterlife |
ankh | | laminated pith of a water-dwelling plant |
papyrus | | Isis' sister, hangs out with her at your judgment |
hypostyle | | city of the dead |
Nile | | this wise one records your judgment; has quite a beak |
pylon | | pharaoh is the incarnation of this falcon god |
mastaba | | wandered around picking up pieces of her husband |
Aten | | individual personality that flies around |
uraeus | | upper wall window opening to let light into an interior |
obelisk | | the great river that runs through it |
Maat | | god of the sun disk; Akhenaten forced everyone to worship only him |
delta | | his cult kept pens of crocodiles in his honor |
Ammut | | shown arching over the earth and speckled with stars |
Nut | | cobra; symbolizes protection |
Ptah | | Meow! Meow meaow. |
Ra | | used for grinding cosmetics |
necropolis | | a set of rules for creating art |
pectoral | | looped cross symbol for life |
Sobek | | oh my what a projection!! better than Osiris' wooden one! |
ka | | eat you up if you've been bad - YUM |
Nephthys | | he's mean, he's green; presides over the underworld |
Thoth | | creator-god - he looks after craftsmen |
Hathor | | arabic for "bench" |
serdab | | tall pillar with a pyramid top |
clerestory | | jewelry worn over the chest muscles |
Bastet | | one's vital force; needs a "body" to live in after death |
faience | | bovine head; she loves music, beer, and pleasure |
canon | | oval loop of rope around a king's name |