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Egypt Vocabulary

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  • Parahaoh
    a ruler in Ancient Egypt
  • Dynasty
    a series of rulers from the same family.
  • mummy
    dead bodies preserved in life like conditions
  • Silt
    rich fertile soil deposited by flooded river
  • nation
    A group of people living in one land.
  • afterlife
    a life after death
  • hieroglyphics
    Egyptian system of writing
  • Pyramid
    huge stone structures that looked like a triangle; build as tombs for the pharaohs
  • papyrus
    a marsh reed that Egyptians made a kind of paper
  • vizier
    most important government job in ancient Egypt
  • scrolls
    long rolls of papyrus
  • delta
    the place at the mouth of the river where it splits into several streams to form a triangle