In De Nile
A waterfall or rapids in a river
Cataract
Government by religious leaders
Theocracy
A material that produces a pleasant smell when burned
Incense
A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical region
Savanna
A line of rulers from one family
Dynasty
A fan-shaped area of stilt near where a river flows into the sea
Ruler of ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
A government representative to another country
Envoy
A woven cloth
Textile
Unique
A bucket attached to a long pole used to transfer river water to storage basins
Shadoof
A government official
Bureaucrat
A woman pharaoh who dressed like a man, complete with a fake beard
Hatshepsut
A kingdom that conquered Egypt in 750 BCE
Kush
To separate from others
Isolate
A reed plant that grew wild along the Nile
Papyrus
The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying
Embalming
A boy pharaoh who was likely murdered at 18 or 19
Tutankhamen
A land that would eventually become Kush; located on the Nile River in present-day Sudan
Nubia
To bring together
A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
Hieroglyphics
Pyramid
The original name of Akhenaton, who worshipped only Aton.
Amenhotep IV
The capital city of Kush
Meroe
To divide into shares and deliver the shares to different people
Distribute