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Egypt
Ancient Egypt Vocabulary
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History
5th Grade
01/16/2013

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ARTIFACTS
Definition
THINGS LEFT OVER FROM ANCIENT TIMES
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CATARACT
Definition
ANOTHER NAME FOR A WATERFALL
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DEMOTIC
Definition
A TYPE OF EGYPTIAN WRITING DERIVED FROM GREEK
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DYNASTY
Definition
A PERIOD IN HISTORY WHERE MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY GOVERN OR RULE
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GIZA
Definition
LOCATION IN EGYPT OF LARGEST PYRAMID EVERBUILT
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GREAT SPHINX
Definition
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MONUMENT LOCATED AT GIZA
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HIERTIC
Definition
A TYPE OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CURSIVE WRITING
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HIEROGLYPHICS
Definition
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FORM OF WRITING USING PICTURES
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IDEOGRAM
Definition
A PICTURE THAT STANDS FOR AN ENTIRE WORD
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MIDDLE KINGDOM
Definition
PERIOD OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HISTORY FROM 2025 B.C. TO 1782 B.C.
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MUMMIFICATION
Definition
PROCESS THAT PRESERVES THE BONES AND SOFT TISSUES OF A BODY AFTER DEATH
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NEW KINGDOM
Definition
PERIOD OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HISTORY FROM 1539 B.C. TO 1070 B.C.
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NUBIA
Definition
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF EGYPT
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OLD KINGDOM
Definition
PERIOD IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HISTORY FROM 2686 B.C. 2181 B.C.
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PAPYRUS
Definition
A PLANT THAT WAS USED TO MAKE PAPER
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PHAROAH
Definition
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RULER WHO WAS BELIEVED TO BE PART GOD AND PART HUMAN
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PHONOGRAM
Definition
A PICTURE THAT STANDS FOR THE SOUND OF A LETTER
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STEP PYRAMID
Definition
EARLIEST TYPE OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BUILDING USED AS A TOMB
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PYRAMID
Definition
TYPE OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BUILDING USED AS A TOMB
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ROSETTA STONE
Definition
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN STONE TABLET THAT HELPED MODERN PEOPLE DECIPHER HIEROGLYPHICS
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TUTANKHAMEN
Definition
EGYPTIAN PHAROAH FROM AROUND 1334 B.C.
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VALLEY OF THE KINGS
Definition
AREA IN EGYPT WHERE MANY ANCIENT EGYPTIANS KINGS WERE BURIED
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DELTA
Definition
A TRIANGULAR PIECE OF RICH LAND FORMED FROM SOIL DEPOSITED AT THE MOUTH OF SOME RIVERS
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ARID
Definition
VERY DRY
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PREDICT
Definition
TELL IN ADVANCE
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AFTERLIFE
Definition
A LIFE AFTER DEATH
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