Ancient History: Chapter 3 Ancient Egypt Vocabulary Only

Rich, fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river.

A triangular-shaped plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited.

A series of rulers from the same family.

A huge building with four sloping, outside walls shaped like triangles. Used as royal tombs.

A large waterfall; a strong flood or rush of water.

Title of the Kings in Ancient Egypt.

The next life, in which the dead are believed to be alive again.

A worker who is especially skilled in making something, such as baskets, tools, jewelry, etc.

Picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas or things and others stand for sounds.

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

An early form of paper made from a reedlike plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta.

A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky.

What is a mummy from Ancient Egypt?