afterlife - the concept of life after death, also called future life
Black land - what the Egyptians called fertile soil, which represented life
cataract - any furious rush of water; a deluge
delta - a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river
dynasty - a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group
embalm - to treat (a dead body) so as to preserve it as with chemicals, drugs, or balsams
Hatsheput - One of the rare female pharaohs, she ruled from 1495 - 75 b.c., completed several military campaigns, and a very long building project.
hieroglyphs - of or relating to a form of writing using picture symbols, especially as used in Ancient Egypt
Khufu - the original name of Cheops, the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid in Giza
linen - a fabric made out of flax strips
mummy - a dead body of a human of animal preserved using the ancient Egyptian method or a similar process
obelisk - a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex
papyrus - a tall aquatic plant that can be made into a material on which you can write, and our word paper comes from this word
pharaoh - the title of a king in ancient Egypt
pyramid - a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth,steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb.
Ramses II - king of ancient Egypt (?1292–?25). His reign was marked by war with the Hittites and the construction of many colossal monuments, esp the rock temple at Abu Simbel
Red land - what the Egyptians called barren desert, which represented death.
scribe- a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the inven-tion of printing.
silt - earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
step pyramid - an architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up, to achieve a completed shape similar to a geometric pyramid
succession - the descent or transmission of a throne, dignity, estate, or the like.
theocracy - a system of government in which someone rules in the name of God or a god.
Black land - what the Egyptians called fertile soil, which represented life
cataract - any furious rush of water; a deluge
delta - a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river
dynasty - a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group
embalm - to treat (a dead body) so as to preserve it as with chemicals, drugs, or balsams
Hatsheput - One of the rare female pharaohs, she ruled from 1495 - 75 b.c., completed several military campaigns, and a very long building project.
hieroglyphs - of or relating to a form of writing using picture symbols, especially as used in Ancient Egypt
Khufu - the original name of Cheops, the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid in Giza
linen - a fabric made out of flax strips
mummy - a dead body of a human of animal preserved using the ancient Egyptian method or a similar process
obelisk - a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex
papyrus - a tall aquatic plant that can be made into a material on which you can write, and our word paper comes from this word
pharaoh - the title of a king in ancient Egypt
pyramid - a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth,steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb.
Ramses II - king of ancient Egypt (?1292–?25). His reign was marked by war with the Hittites and the construction of many colossal monuments, esp the rock temple at Abu Simbel
Red land - what the Egyptians called barren desert, which represented death.
scribe- a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the inven-tion of printing.
silt - earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
step pyramid - an architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up, to achieve a completed shape similar to a geometric pyramid
succession - the descent or transmission of a throne, dignity, estate, or the like.
theocracy - a system of government in which someone rules in the name of God or a god.