Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

a plain at the mouth of a river; formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water

someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule

an ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan

pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds

the title of kings in ancient Egypt

an early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta; plant used to make this paper

a mineral or combination of minerals mined for the production of metals

a series of rulers from ther same family or ethnic group

fine soil found on river bottoms

an ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid

a large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water

The region of ancient Nubia between the second and sixth cataracts