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TermDefinition
delta a triangular region formed at the mouth of a river by deposits of silt
cataracts rocky stretches in a river marked by rapid currents or waterfalls
menes was a pharaoh of the early dynasty in ancient egypt
pharaoh ruler of ancient egypt
theocracy a government ruled by religious leaders who claim gods authority
bureaucracy a highly structured organization often governmental manged by officials
hatshepsut Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second historically-confirmed female pharaoh, the first being Sobekneferu. Hatshepsut came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 BC
ramses the great was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom. His successors and later Egyptians called him the
obelisks tall thin pillars with pyrimiad shaped tops
mummification the process of preserving the body with chemicals after death
hieroglyphics Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt.
papyrus a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats.
rosetta stone The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele discovered in 1799 which is inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.
piankhi Piye was an ancient Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt who ruled Egypt from 744–714 BC. He ruled from the city of Napata, located deep in Nubia, modern-day Sudan.
smelt a family of small fish that move in big groups
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