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Egypt - Vocabulary Games

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is a body that has been dried so it won't decayMummy
is to preserve a body after deathEmbalm
is the belief that another life follows deathAfterlife
is a paper-like materialPapyrus
is a picture that stands for different words or soundsHieroglyphic
is a person who job it is to write and keep recordsScribe
is a type of fabric woven from flax plantsLinen
soil is good for growing cropsFertile
is fine soil deposited by a riverSilt
an area near a river's mouth where the water deposits fine soilDelta
is another name for a waterfallCataract
a position, or rank, or standing given to someone or somethingStatus
is the time when a ruler is in powerReign
is to receive something from a person who has diedInherit
is a member of a wealthy and powerful familyNoble
an Egyptian pharaoh who took the throne in 1279 BC and ruled for 66 years, and greatly expanded the empire with Egypt's militaryRamses II
is a type of monument with a four-sided shaft with a pyramid-shaped topObelisk
was the first female to rule as a pharaohHatshepsut
was a pharaoh who built the largest pyramid ever constructedKhufu
is a pyramid whose sides rise in a series of a giant stepsStep Pyramid
is a structure shaped like a triangle with four sides that meet at a pointPyramid
a king of Egypt, the name meant "great house"Pharaoh
the order (or system) in which members of a royal family inherit a throneSuccession
is a line of rulers from the same familyDynasty


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Emerson Middle School
Los Angeles, CA

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