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Egyptian Vocabulary

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CATARACT

a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size

DELTA

A NEARLY FLAT PLAIN IN THE BRANCHES ON THE RIVER.

DYNASTY

a sequence of rulers from the same family

PHARAOH

a title of an ancient Egyptian king.

DEITY

a god or goddess.

PAPYRUS

a tall, aquatic plant, Cyperus papyrus, of the sedge family, native to the Nile valley

HIEROGLYPHICS

Also, hi·er·o·glyph·i·cal. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script

EMBALMING

to treat (a dead body) so as to preserve it, as with chemicals, drugs

MUMMY

Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming

PYRAMID

a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth

TRIBUTE

TO HELP OR TO GIVE

NILE RIVER

A RIVER IN E AFRICA, THE LONGEST IN THE WORLD, FLOWING N FROM LAKE VICTORIA

KING TUTANKHAMEN

HE IS A KING

RAMSES

the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.

HATSHEPSUT

1495–75 b.c, queen of Egypt.

HYKSOS

a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt

KUSH

IS A PLACE IN EGYPT

NUBIA

a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile

THEBES

an ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern