Egypt Vocabulary

a waterfall or area of rapids in a river

• delta

• shadoof

• cataract

• pyramid

a ruler of ancient Egypt

• bureaucrat

• pharaoh

• theocracy

• dynasty

a fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea

• delta

• cataract

• pyramid

• shadoof

a bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer water to storage basins

• pyramid

• cataract

• delta

• shadoof

a reed plant used to make a paper-like material

• papyrus

• lotus

• hieroglypics

• shadoof

a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols

• bureaucrat

• pyramid

• theocracy

• hieroglyphics

a line of rulers from one family

• shadoof

• dynasty

• theocracy

• pharaoh

a government official

• bureaucrat

• pharaoh

• embalming

• cataract

the process of treating a body to keep it from decaying

• shadoof

• bureaucrat

• embalming

• dynasty

a stone tomb used for an Egyptian pharaoh

• cataract

• embalming

• shadoof

• pyramid