A fan or triangle shaped area of silt near where a river flows into a sea

A bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer water from the river to storage basins

A reed plant that grows wild along the Nile and is used to make paper

An Egyptian writing system made up of a combination of picture symbols and sound symbols

A line of rulers from one family

A government led by religious leaders

Ruler of ancient Egypt

A government official whose job it is to help the pharaoh

The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying

Great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh; burial tomb

The science of mixing metals