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Egypt Vocab
Term | Definition |
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delta | fan-shaped area of fertile land at the mouth of a river |
cataract | waterfall |
shadoof | Egyptian machine used to raise water |
papyrus | Egyptian paper |
hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing system based on pictures |
pharaoh | Egyptian ruler, from word meaning "great house" |
pyramids | large Egyptian tombs |
embalming | process used to keep dead bodies from decaying |
mummy | wrapped body of a preserved dead person |
canopic jar | jar used in ancient Egypt to hold the embalmed entrails of a mummy |