| A | B |
|---|
| Abu Simbel | twin temple |
| Valley of the Kings | area where kings and pharoahs were buried |
| The Great Pyramid | made for king khufu |
| The Sphinx | women's head |
| Saqqara | oldest standing step pyramid |
| delta | Triangular marshy land, mouth of river |
| cataract | large bolder, granite rock in river causing rapids |
| recede | to go back |
| papyrus | reed that grows in the Nile Delta used to make the first paper |
| Upper Egypt | Southern Egypt |
| Lower Egypt | Northern Egypt |
| Shaduf | ancient tool used for irrigation to water fields |
| Silt | rich top soil left behind by the Nile |
