Egypt Vocabulary Chapter 4
Vocabulary Delta Fan-shaped area of fertile land
Vocabulary Cataracts waterfalls
Vocabulary Basin Bowl- shaped holes
Vocabulary Shadoof A machine Egyptians used to lift water from the Nile to the basins
Vocabulary Pharaoh The Egyptian king rulers from the same families would establish a Dynasty
Vocabulary Pyramids Great tombs of the pharaohs
Vocabulary Embalming Process to preserve the dead
Vocabulary Mummy Wrapped body
Vocabulary Hieroglyphics Writing in which pictures stand for words
Vocabulary Papyrus Egyptian paper