| A | B |
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| dune | a mound or ridge of earth piled by the wind |
| silt | a mixture of dirt and water |
| papyrus | a reed grown on the banks of the Nile used to make a paperlike substance |
| delta | land formed at the mouth of a river by mud and sand |
| mouth | a place where a stream or river meets a larger body of water |
| embalming | the process of preserving a dead body |
| Kushite | a person from the kingdom of Kush |
| export | something sent to another country |
| dynasty | a family of rulers |
| economy | the way in which natural resources and workers are used to make goods |
| culture | a way of life |
| hieroglyphics | ancient Egyptian picture writing |
| mummy | a preserved body |
| sphinx | a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a ram, bird or human |
| legend | a key on a map telling what the symbols represent |
| shadoof | an Egyptian machine used to raise the water level |
| pharaoh | a king of ancient Egypt |
| pyramid | geometric shape made with triangular sides and a square or triangular base |
| Nile | the river that supplies the Egyptians with life itself |
| Rosetta Stone | the stone that helped decipher the hieroglyphs |
