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| cataract | six rock filled rapids in the Nile River |
| delta | the mouth of a river that splits into streams to form a triangle shaped area |
| hieroglyphs | picture writing-some pictures stand for ideas and others stand for sounds |
| papyrus | early form of paper made from reedlike plants found in the marshy Nile delta |
| astronomers | scientists that study the stars and other objects in the sky |
| artisan | a worker that is especially skilled in making something useful |
| silt | rich fertile soil deposited by flooding of a river |
| pharoah | title of kings in ancient Egypt |
| dynasty | series of rulers from the same family |
| regent | someone that rules for a child until that child is old enough to rule |
| afterlife | the next life, in which the dead are believed to live again |
| mummy | a dead body preserved in lifelike condition |
| pyramid | a huge building with four sloping outside walls shaped like triangles-royal tomb |
