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Ancient egypt
Term | Definition |
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Barge | A board,flat bottomed boat |
Cartouche | a carved tablet representing a scroll (a roll of paper) with rolled up ends |
Harpoon | A barbed spear,used for hunting large fish |
hieroglyphics | writing made up pictograph (picture) symbols |
Khemet | Ancient egyptian name for their land (it means black land) |
Levees | A bank (high pile of dirt) built along s river to prevent flooding |
mummification | the process of preserving the bodies of the dead |
Nobles | people belonging to a high class that has special social or political status |
obelisks | a four sided pillar that ends in a pyramid used as monument |
papyrus | A plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which a person can write |
peasants | People in a low ranking social class, who worked in the fields |
Pharaoh | The ruler of ancient Egypt |
pyramid | A huge structure that was used as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh and high officials |
shaduf | A device for lifting water |
social pyramid | Shows each social class in level of importance |
sphinx | Ancient Egyptian monument with the body of a lion and the head of a man |
vizier | A high official in the government |