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| Cairo | Largest city in Africa and the capital of Egypt | 
| Pharaoh | title of the ancient Egyptian kings | 
| hieroglyphs | the picture signs used as writing | 
| papyrus | a reed from which paper was made | 
| Muslim | A follower of Mohammed, of the Islamic religion | 
| Aswan | One of the worlds largest dams is located at this Egyptian city. | 
| oasis | a fertile or green spot in a desert | 
| scarab | representation of a beetle considered divine by the Egyptians | 
| bedouin | an Egyptian desert herdsman | 
| ful | a dish made with beans, tomatoes and spices | 
| Alexander the Great | conqueror of Egypt in 332 BC | 
| Suez Canal | Built between 1859 -1869 for boats | 
| felucca | a traditional Egyptian sailboat | 
| Ramadan | a holy month and time of fasting for the Islamic faith | 
| The Sphinx | a monument built to honor Pharaoh Khufu | 
| a sarcophagus | a stone coffin | 
| fellahin | Egyptian farmers and country people | 
| Queen Hatshepsut | Egypt's only female pharaoh | 
| Alexandria | Second largest city in Egypt and popular seaside resort | 
| Omar Sharif | Egypt's most famous actor |