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egypt section words
mr .b study stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cataract | a large waterfall;any strong flood or rush of water |
| delta | a triangular shaped plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water |
| silt | rich,fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river |
| pharaoh | the title of the kings of anceient egypt |
| regent | someone who rules for a child untill the child is old enpough to rule |
| afterlife | the next life,in which the dead are believed to live again |
| mummy | a dead body preserved in lifelike condition |
| pyramid | a huge building with four sloping outside walls shaped like triangles; in egypt, pyramidds were built as royal tombs. |
| papyrus | an early form of paper made from a reedlike plant found in the marshy in the ancient roman republic |
| astronomer | a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky |
| hieroglyphics | a kind of picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas of things and others stand for sounds |
| herodotus | greek author who traveled throughout the known world; wrote about the wars between greece and persia in the history, the first major historical work of ancient times. |
| sphinx | a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. |
| canopic jars | a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain the entrails of an embalmed body. |
| memphis | 1.An ancient city of Egypt south of Cairo. Reputedly founded by Menes, the first king of united Egypt, it retained its primacy until the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great. |
| ankh | a tau cross with a loop at the top, used as a symbol of generation or enduring life. |
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