| A | B |
|---|
| Delta | deposit of silt at the mouth of a river |
| cataract | part of a river with rocky rapids |
| Nile River | longest river in the world |
| Egypt | country in NE Africa |
| Nubia | country to the south of Egypt |
| nomad | group moving from place to place |
| pharaoh | Egyptian ruler |
| dynasty | rulers coming from the same family |
| afterlife | living after death |
| Egyptologist | person who studies Egypt |
| excavator | someone who digs |
| nemesis | an enemy |
| oblelisks | tall 4-sided pillars with a pyamid on top |
| traverse | to move/travel across |
| sarcophagus | a stone coffin |
| mausoleum | stone building to hold a coffin |
| crypt | chamber to hold a coffin |
| caravan | group traveling together |
| ore | rock with contains metal |
| smelting | heating ore to obtain the metal |
| papyrus | plants growing along the Nile/Egyptain paper |
| hieroglyphics | ancient Egyptain writing |
