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slit
Mixture of bits of soil and rock carried by a river
delta
Flat are of land made of slit deposits at the mouth of a river
Upper Egypt
The southern part of Ancient Egypt
Lower Egypt
The northern part of Ancient Egypt
Nile River
Worlds longest river
Pharaoh
Title used by the ruler of Ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphics
Egyptian system of writing
Scribe
A professional writer
Papyrus
A kind of paper made from reeds
Hatsheput
Woman pharaoh who organized a trade expedition
Tutankhamun
Pharaoh who ruled ages 9-19
Valley of the Kings
Burial place of 30 Pharaohs
diety
rank or essential nature of god
dynasty
A line of hereditary rulers of a country
embalm
Preserve a corpse from decay, originally with spices but now preservatives
immortality
The ability to live forever; eternal life
mummification
to make a dead body into a mummy by embalming and drying
obelisk
a tall, four sided stone column that becomes narrower toward the top and ends in a point
sarcophagus
a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription
sphinx
a mythological figure having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram or hawk
Annubis
Egyptian god of mummification with a dog head
Shabtis
Small male/female figurines designed to carry out heavy manual task in the afterlife
Amulet
an ornament or small piece of jewelry to protect against evil, danger, or disease
Menes
1st Pharaoh- united upper and lower egypt
