| A | B |
|---|
| cataract | rock-filled rapids |
| delta | streams theat form an area shaped like a triangle. It contains very fertile soil. |
| silt | fertile soil |
| pharaoh | king |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| regent | someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule |
| afterlife | life after death - Egyptians believe in this |
| mummy | preserved bodies of people who have died. |
| pyramid | huge buildings with four sloping outside walls shaped like trianges. Tombs for the dead. |
| hieroglyph | picture-like symbols |
| papyrus | an early form of paper made from a reed plant found in the Nile Delta |
| astronomers | scientists who study the stars and other objects in the sky |
| artisan | skilled worker |
| Hatshepsut | female who ruled Egypt during the new kingdom |
| Thutmose III | one of the greatest pharaohs of the New Kingdom. |
