Egypt Lesson 2

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theocracy

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a government in which the same person is the political and religious leader

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pharaoh

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ruler of ancient Egypt

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bureaucrat

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government official

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pyramid

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great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh

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embalming

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preserving the dead

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afterlife

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life after death

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tomb

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enclosure for burying the dead

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sarcophagus

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stone coffin usually with a sculpture

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mummification

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Egyptian method of embalming

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unify

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unite or make whole