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| delta | a fertile, fan-shaped land mass created where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea. |
| cataract | steep rapids in a river |
| unification | the joining of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into one kingdom |
| pyramids | huge stone structures built as tombs |
| pharaoh | the name given to Egyptian rulers |
| hieroglyphics | a system of writing made up of about 800 picture signs |
| papyrus | a reed-like plant growing along the Nile used to make paper |
| Old Kingdom | a group of lands and peoples ruled by early Egyptian pharaohs |
| mummification | a process used to preserve the body of someone who has died |
