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| barge | a broad, flat bottomed boat |
| cartouche | a carved tablet representing a scroll |
| harpoon | a barbed spear, used for hunting large fish |
| hieroglyphics | writing made up of pictographic (picture) symbols |
| Khemet | ancient Egyptians name for their land |
| levees | a bank (high pile of dirt) built to prevent flooding of a river |
| mummification | the process of preserving the bodies of the dead |
| nobles | people belonging to a high class that has special social or political status |
| obelisk | a four-sided pillar used as a monument |
| papyrus | a plant that can be made into material to write on |
| peasants | people with low ranking who worked in the fields |
| Pharaoh | the ruler of ancient Egypt |
| pyramid | a huge structure that was used as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh |
| shaduf | a device for lifting water |
| social pyramid | shows each social class in their level of importance |
| sphinx | ancient Egyptian monument with the body of a lion and the head of a man |
| vizier | a high official in the government |
