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Egypt Vocab

Published on Nov 18, 2015

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

EGYPT VOCAB

BY:ABI SHUMPERT

CATARACT

  • Fast moving rapids
  • It helped large ships use the nile for 650 miles
Photo by CyberMacs

DELTA

  • Branches that fan over areas of soil
  • The mediterranean sea divides into branches called a delta

PYRAMID

STRUCTURES THAT PROTECTED PHARAOHS BODIES

KUSH

REGION ONCE KNOWN AS NUBIA

PAPYRUS

A REED PLANT THAT GREW ALONG THE NILE
Photo by blumenbiene

NILE RIVER

A RIVER FLOWING NORTH FROM THE HEART OF AFRICA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

HATESHPUT

SHE CAME TO POWER IN EGYPT IN 1473 B.C

SAVANNAS

GRASSY PLAINS THAT STRETCH ACROSS AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA
Photo by Rainbirder

SAHARA

IT'S THE LARGEST DESERT IN THE WORLD
Photo by l'Ours

HYKSOS

A PEOPLE KNOWN AS HYKSOS FROM WESTERN ASIA AND ATTACKED EUROPE
Photo by Jorge Lascar

MUMMY

A BODY WRAPPED IN LINEN PUT IN A COFFEN

HIEROGLYPHICS

  • It was made of hundreds of pics
  • Symbols to communicate
Photo by martie1swart

DEITY

  • Gods or goddesses
  • Controlled force of nature
Photo by Dey

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