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Egypt Part 1
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cataract | a waterfall |
| delta | an area near a river’s mouth where the water deposits fine soil called silt |
| fertile | good for growing crops |
| linen | fabric woven from fibers of flax plants |
| scribes | people whose job was to write and keep records |
| Hieroglyphs | pictures that stand for different words or sounds |
| papyrus | paperlike material from a reed of the same name |
| afterlife | life believed to follow death |
| embalm | to preserve a body after death |
| mummy | body that has been dried so it won’t decay |
| inherit | to receive something from a person who has died |
| portray | to show by means of a picture |