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| desert | dry, sandy land with little or no plant life |
| upstream | in the direction against the flow of the river; at the upper part of a river |
| pharoah | a king of ancient Egypt |
| tax | money paid to support a government |
| pyramid | huge stone structure with square base, 4 traingular sides that meet in a point at the top |
| mummy | a dead body kept from rotting by being treated with chemicals and wrapped in cloth |
| hieroglyphics | a system of writing using pictures or symbols to reperesent objects, ideas, or sounds |
| papyrus | a writing paper the Egyptians made from water plants of the same name |
| amulet | a piece of jewelry used to ward off evil, a good luck charm. |
| archaeologist | a person who studies a civilization by examining the artifacts left behind |
| cartouche | a carved inscription of a pharaoh's name |
| cataract | a waterfall. there were six cataracts on the Nile river in ancient Egypt |
| delta | deposited soil at the mouth of a river |
| deshret | an Egyptian word meaning the red land, the desert |
| kemet | an Egyptian word meaning the black earth, the fertile soil of the Nile river valley |
| Lower Egypt | the area of Egypt north of Thebes, including the delta |
| sarcophagus | a stone coffin |
| tomb | a structure for the burial of the dead |
| Upper Egypt | the area of Egypt south of Thebes |
| scribes | An ancient Egyptian man who learned to read and write hieroglyphs and hieratic (a quicker and shorter form of hieroglyphs). |
| lotus | Plant also known as 'water lily' that lives in the water, emerging from the water to bloom in the air. |
| kilt | A type of skirt worn by men in ancient Egypt. |
| oasis | Area of land in the middle of a desert with a natural water source. |
