Ancient Egypt

complete control over someone or something

• afterlife

• astronomer

• cataract

• absolute power

fine soil found on the bottom of rivers

• silt

• papyrus

• hieroglyphs

• pyramid

a large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water

• regent

• cataract

• silt

• pyramid

an early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile Delta

• cataract

• pharaoh

• pyramid

• papyrus

a dead body preserved in lifelike condition

• pharaoh

• pyramid

• mummy

• silt

an ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid

• Nubia

• Giza

• Memphis

• Cairo

the title of kings of ancient Egypt

• pharaoh

• pyramid

• papyrus

• dynasty

a plain at the mouth of a river formed where flowing water deposits soil

• dynasty

• delta

• cataract

• silt

a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky

• archaeologist

• botanist

• astronomer

• astronaut

pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds

• absolute power

• hieroglyphs

• cataract

• afterlife