Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Fan-shaped region created when soil is deposited at the end of a river.

• Delta

• Isolated

• Ka

• Mummy

Ruler of Egypt.

• Pyramid

• Pharaoh

• Theocracy

• Unify

A tall pillar with four sides and a point at the top.

• Delta

• Desert

• Obelisk

• Pyramid

A type of paper made out of reeds.

• Pharaoh

• Afterlife

• Hieroglyphics

• Papyrus

Egyptian writing system that used symbols for words or ideas.

• Hieroglyphics

• Isolated

• Decline

• Ka

A system of government ruled by religious leaders.

• Unify

• Theocracy

• Pharaoh

• Embalm

Life after death.

• Obelisk

• Mummy

• Afterlife

• Ka

A body preserved in a way that prevents it from decomposing.

• Delta

• Pyramid

• Isolated

• Mummy

A stone tomb with triangle-shaped sides.

• Pyramid

• Obelisk

• Embalm

• Ka

Far away from other places or people; separate.

• Theocracy

• Isolated

• Delta

• Embalm