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| delta | a triangular-shaped plain at the mouth of a river. |
| cataract | a large waterfall; any strong flood or rush of water. |
| silt | rich, fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river. |
| pharaoh | the title of kings of ancient Egypt. |
| dynasty | a family of rulers |
| regent | someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule. |
| artisan | a worker who is especially skilled in making something. |
| mummy | a dead body preserved in lifelike condition. |
| pyramid | a huge building with four sloping outside walls shaped like triangles. |
| hieroglyphs | a kind of picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas or things and others stand for sounds. |
| papyrus | an early form of paper made from a reedlike plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta. |
| astronomer | scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky. |
| afterlife | the next life, in which the dead are believed to live again. |
| Nubia | an ancient region in the Nile River Valley, on the site of present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan. |
| absolute power | complete control over someone or something |
| Giza | ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid |
| ore | a mineral or a combination of minerals mined for the production of metals |
| Lower Nubia | the region of ancient Nubia between the first and second Nile cataracts |
| Upper Nubia | the region of ancient Nubia between the second and sixth Nile cataracts. |
