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| Pharaho | A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political & military leader. |
| Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family. |
| Afterlife | Life after death. |
| Mummy | A body dried, preserved, and wrapped for burial. |
| Pyramid | Huge stone tombs with four triangle shaped walls that met in a point on top. |
| Hieroglyphics | An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds. |
| Rosetta Stone | Stone that contained carved messages in hieroglyphics, Greek and demotic. Led to deciphering of hieroglyphics. |
| Papyrus | A tall reed that grows in the Nile delta, used by the ancient Egyptians to make a paper-like material for writing on. |
| Sarcophagus | A stone coffin. |
| Vizier | The chief advisor to the Egyptian pharaoh. |
| Cataracts | A large waterfall or steep rapids. |
| Upper Egypt | The southern part of ancient Egypt. |
| Lower Egypt | The northern region of ancient Egypt, named so because it was located downriver with the Nile's flow. |
| Scribe | A person who keeps written records. |
| Canopic Jar | Special jars that held the organs of a mummy. |
| Amulet | A charm the ancient Egyptians wore that they thought had magical powers. |
| Valley of the Kings | An area in Egypt where many of the pharaoh's tombs/pyramids are found. |
| Red Land | Dry, lifeless desert found beyond the Nile River Valley. |
| Black Land | Fertile, dark soil found next to the Nile River that was good for growing crops. |
