| A | B |
|---|
| Rock filled rapids in the Nile River | Cataract |
| The place at the mouth of a river where it splits into several streams to form a triangle | Delta |
| Rich fertile sil deposited by the flooding of a river | Silt |
| Area in ancient Egypt in the northern Nile River region | Lower Nile |
| Area in ancient Egypt in the Nile Valley, south of the delta | Upper Nile |
| Title of the kings of Egypt | Pharaoh |
| Series of rulers from the same family | Dynasty |
| Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule | Regent |
| Next life, in which the dead are believed to live again | Afterlife |
| Dead body preserved in lifelike condition | Mummy |
| Huge building with four sloping outside walls shaped like triangles | Pyramid |
| Kind of Egyptian picture writing | Hieroglyphics |
| Early form of paper make from a plant found in the Nile delta | Papyrus |
| Scientist who studies stars and other objects in the sky | Astronomer |
