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| Nile | The longest river in the world that served as basis for the civilization in Egypt |
| Pharaoh | The ruler of Ancient Egypt seen as a king and a god in human form |
| Theocracy | When government and religion are closely tied together |
| Monarchy | When government is controlled by a king or queen and the title is typically passed down through family lines |
| Mummy | The preserved body of a person or animal after they are deceased |
| Pyramid | Elaborate tombs constructed in the Old Kingdom to honor dead royals |
| Sphinx | An Ancient Egyptian monument showing the head of a human and the body of a lion |
| Book of the Dead | A collection of spells and instructions designed to help a person in the Afterlife |
| Canopic Jars | Containers for important organs that would be left in a tomb |
| Dynasty | A ruling family |
| Giza | The historical site where the Great Pyramid and Sphinx are located |
| Thebes | The Ancient Egyptian Capital in the New Kingdom; also known as Waset |
| Luxor | The Egyptian city built on the ruins of Thebes |
| Delta | The mouth of a river; where a river flows into the sea and deposits sediment |
| Hieroglyphics | Ancient Egyptian writing based in pictures |
| Rosetta Stone | An inscription found in Greek and Ancient Egyptian which allowed the translation of Ancient Egyptian |
| Eye of Horus | Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health |
| Osiris | Egyptian God of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead |
| Horus | A god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun or morning star, representing power and quintessence, and whose left eye was the moon or evening star, representing healing |
| Inundation | The flooding of the Nile River |
| Cairo | The modern capital of Egypt |
| Sarcophagus | A stone coffin used to store the deceased |
| Embalming | The method of preserving and preparing the dead for the Afterlife |
| Papyrus | Egyptian paper made from reed plants that grow along the Nile |
| Anubis | Egyptian God of Embalming; he has the head of a jackal |
