Ancient Egypt

a section of the Nile River with waterfall or rapids and rocky terrain

• envoy

• delta

• cataracts

• natron

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

• delta

• cataracts

• natron

• hieroglyphics

a reed plant that grew wild along the Nile and was used to make a form of paper

• trees

• papyrus

• clay

• paper

Egyptian writing system that used symbols for words or ideas

• mastaba

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

• the alphabet

A government controlled by religious leaders

• bureaucrat

• city-state

• theocracy

• gods

A ruler of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.

• pharaoh

• king

• ruler

• aristocrat

great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh; a stone tomb with triangle-shaped sides that come together to form a point on top

• tombstones

• buildings

• pyramid

• ziggurat

a large stone slab that was used to decode hieroglyphics

• Hieroglyphics

• Papyrus

• Rosetta Stone

• Shaduf

a dead body that has been embalmed and wrapped in linen

• mummy

• pharaoh

• deity

• tribute

a life believed to follow death

• afterlife

• cateract

• dynasty