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A large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water.
Cataract
The title of the kings of ancient Egypt.
Pharaoh
A dead body preserved in lifelike condition.
Mummy
A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky.
Astronomer
A worker who is skilled in crafting goods by hand.
Artisan
A plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water.
Delta
Complete control over someone or something.
Absolute power
Egyptian belief of a life after death.
afterlife
Pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds.
Hieroglyphs
A mineral or a combination of minerals mined for the production of metals.
Ore
Fine soil found on river bottoms.
Silt
Dynasty
A huge building with four sloping triangle-shaped sides; built as royal tombs in Egypt.
Pyramids
An early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta.
Papyrus
The region of ancient Nubia between the first and second Nile cataracts.
Lower Nubia
An ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
Nubia
Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule.
Regent
An ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid.
Giza
The practice of creating medicines from plants.
Herbalism
The region of ancient Nubia between the second and sixth Nile cataracts.
Upper Nubia