Egypt Vocabulary

huge stone structures that looked like a triangle; build as tombs for the pharaohs

A group of people living in one land.

a ruler in Ancient Egypt

Egyptian system of writing

a life after death

rich fertile soil deposited by flooded river

a series of rulers from the same family.

the place at the mouth of the river where it splits into several streams to form a triangle

a marsh reed that Egyptians made a kind of paper

long rolls of papyrus

most important government job in ancient Egypt

dead bodies preserved in life like conditions