Egyptians
Pyramid builders' descendants
Egyptians are the people of Egypt, the North African nation centered on the Nile River.
The term covers both ancient Egyptians—builders of pyramids and hieroglyphic writers—and modern inhabitants of the country.
The ancient Egyptians developed one of history's earliest civilizations.
Egyptians voted in parliamentary elections last month.
Ancient Egypt's supreme rulers
- pyramidsApex-topped geometric solids
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- mummiesPreserved wrapped bodies
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
sphinx · obelisk · scarab · amulet · papyrus · dynasty · Old Kingdom · Middle Kingdom
Large flowing watercourse
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- AswanEgyptian city and dam
Luxor · Cairo · silt · inundation · cataracts · Blue Nile · White Nile · Rosetta
Egyptian necropolis plateau
- KhufuEgyptian king, largest pyramid
- SphinxMythic creature posing puzzles
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- monumentsStructures commemorating notable achievements
tombs · limestone · granite · construction · chambers · mortuary · solar boat · engineering
Semitic ethnic group
- NubiansNortheast African ethnic group
- BedouinsNomadic Arab desert peoples
- CoptsNative Christians of Egypt
- MuslimsAdherents of Islam
Christians · Arabic · population · Cairo · Alexandria · Sinai · Suez · revolution
Body of traditional tales
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- festivalsOrganized communal celebrations
cuisine · music · dance · religion · pantheon · gods · goddesses · Osiris
Written words for performance
- pictogramsImages conveying meaning
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
- logogramsSymbols representing words
ideograms · demotic · decipherment · cartouche · scribes · glyphs · phonograms · Rosetta Stone
pharaohs
Ancient Egypt's supreme rulers
- pyramidsApex-topped geometric solids
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- mummiesPreserved wrapped bodies
sarcophagus · sphinx · obelisk · scarab · amulet · papyrus · dynasty · Old Kingdom · Middle Kingdom · Tutankhamun
river
Large flowing watercourse
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
Aswan · Luxor · Cairo · silt · inundation · cataracts · Blue Nile · White Nile · Rosetta · agriculture
Giza
Egyptian necropolis plateau
- KhufuEgyptian king, largest pyramid
- SphinxMythic creature posing puzzles
- architectureBuilding design discipline
monuments · tombs · limestone · granite · construction · chambers · mortuary · solar boat · engineering · geometry
Arabs
Semitic ethnic group
- NubiansNortheast African ethnic group
- BedouinsNomadic Arab desert peoples
- CoptsNative Christians of Egypt
Muslims · Christians · Arabic · population · Cairo · Alexandria · Sinai · Suez · revolution · independence
mythology
Body of traditional tales
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
festivals · cuisine · music · dance · religion · pantheon · gods · goddesses · Osiris · Isis
script
Written words for performance
- pictogramsImages conveying meaning
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
logograms · ideograms · demotic · decipherment · cartouche · scribes · glyphs · phonograms · Rosetta Stone · hieratic
- historical peoplesAztecs, Babylonians, Celts, Gauls, Goths
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- African PeoplesNigerians, South Africans, Zulu, Moroccans, Ethiopians
- Biblical PeoplesIsraelites, Israelite, Hebrews, Hebrew, Jews
- Middle Eastern PeoplesArabs, Persians, Kurds, Bedouins, Bedouin
- North AfricansBerbers, Tuareg, Tunisians, Algerians, Bedouin
- Egyptian pyramidsMonumental royal tombs, Nile region
- Egyptian tombsAncient royal sepulchers
- Egyptian mummyEmbalmed pharaonic remains
- Egyptian cottonFine long-fiber textile
- Egyptian hieroglyphsAncient pictorial writing system
- ancient EgyptiansNile dwellers millennia past