EGYPT VOCAB

PAPYRUS

• Reed plant of the Nile valley usedto make paper.

MUMMY

• Body that has been embalmed and wrapped in linen.

PHARAOH

• All powerful king in an accient Egypt.

KING TUTANKHAMEN

• 10 year old pharaoh,and only ruled for 9 years.

SHADUF

• Bucket dipped in canals used to water crops.

PYRAMID

• Huge stone structure.

NILE RIVER

• Biggest river in world.(4,000 miles long)

THEBES

• City in egypt.

DELTA

• Area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river.

CATARACTS

• Steep rapids formed by cliffs and boulders in a river.

HYKSOS

• Mighty warriors who attacked egypt.

THUTMOSE III

• Cause many wars, but made empire bigger.

AKHENATON

• Introduce new religion and very selfish.

DYNASTY

• Line of rules from the some familey.

DEITY

• God or goddess.

HIEROGLYPHICS

• A writing made up of symbols.

KUSH

• A group of peoplethat ruled over egypt.

HATSHEPSUT

• Female pharaoh,focused on economy.($$$$$)

RAMSES III

• Great pharaoh rebuilt empires and new temples.

EMBALMING

• Process developed by the ancient Egyptians of perserving a person body after death.

TRIBUTE

• Payment made by a group or nation.

AHMOSE

• Led and uprising against Hyksos people.