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Ancient Egypt Vocab
Term | Definition |
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bureaucrat | A government official |
cataract | A waterfall or rapids in a river |
delta | A fan-shaped area of silt where a river flows into the sea |
dynasty | A line of rulers from one family |
embalming | The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying |
hieroglyphics | A writing system made up of a combination of picutres and sounds |
papyrus | A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile |
pharaoh | Ruler of ancient Egypt |
pyramid | Great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh |
shadoof | A bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins |
theocracy | Government by religious leaders |