VOCABULARY WORDS
- Old Kingdom: A period in Egyptian history that lasted from about 2700 BC to 2200 BC
- Khufu: The most famous Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom in the 2500s BC
- nobles: People from rich and powerful families
- Afterlife: Life after death
- mummies: specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth
- elite: People of wealth and power
- pyramids: Huge stone bombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top.