Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

longest river in the world that made civilization in Egypt possible

• Nile River

• Upper Egypt

• Lower Egypt

• Cataract

southern part of Egypt

• Upper Egypt

• Lower Egypt

• Cataract

• Delta

northern part of Egypt

• Lower Egypt

• Cataract

• Delta

• Pharaoh

a section of the Nile River with rapids and rocky terrain

• Cataract

• Delta

• Pharaoh

• Menes

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

• Delta

• Pharaoh

• Menes

• Pyramid

ruler of Egypt

• Pharaoh

• Menes

• Pyramid

• Mummy

first king who unified Upper and Lower Egypt

• Menes

• Pyramid

• Mummy

• Afterlife

a stone tomb with triangle-shaped sides that come together to form a point on top

• Pyramid

• Mummy

• Afterlife

• Old Kingdom

a body preserved in a way that prevents it from decomposing

• Mummy

• Afterlife

• Old Kingdom

• Theocracy

life after death

• Afterlife

• Old Kingdom

• Theocracy

• Khufu