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Belief in LIFE AFTER DEATH
afterlife
Egyptian SUN GOD
Amon Re
A large WATERFALL
cataract
TRIANGULAR-SHAPED deposit of RICH SOIL at the mouth of a river, just before it enters a larger body of water
delta
FAMILY OF RULERS in which the right to rule passes on within family
dynasty
EGYPTIAN SYSTEM OF WRITING that uses pictures or symbols to indicate words or sounds
hieroglyphics
Most famous PYRAMID ARCHITECT who designed the famous step pyramid of King Djoser
Imhotep
Frenchman who DECIPHERED THE ROSETTA STONE, which was the key to understanding Egyptian writing
Jean Francois Champollion
UNITED Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom (c. 3200 BC)
King Menes (AKA King Narmer)
NORTHERN PART of the Nile river; part of Egypt closest to the Nile Delta and the Mediterranean Sea
Lower Egypt
Treating the body with CHEMICALS so that it DRIES and remains PRESERVED for centuries
mummification
MAJOR RIVER in Egypt that runs 4,000 miles north into the Mediterranean Sea
Nile
Egyptian GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD (dead) and of vegetation
Osiris
PAPER-LIKE MATERIAL made from a reed-like plant (papyrus) that grows along the Nile
papyrus
EGYPTIAN KING believed to be divine
pharaoh
TOMBS for the PHARAOHS
pyramids
STONE that contained Greek, hieroglyphic, and demotic text. It was the KEY to TRANSLATING hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
SOUTHERN PART of the Nile river
Upper Egypt
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