Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

A large waterfall

• Cataract

• Delta

• Silt

A triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river

• Cape
• Peninsula
• Delta

Fine grained sediments carried by rivers. The Nile carries large amounts of sediments into Egypt, which makes rich farmlands

• Delta

• Silt

• Sand

Land close to the Nile River Delta covered each year with rich black silt when the river floods

• Black Lands

• Wet Lands

• Red Lands

Vast desert on either side of the Nile River

• Black Lands

• Wet Lands

• Red Lands

A life that would continue after death that would look like normal life but everything would be perfect

• High Life

• Good Life

• Afterlife

A dead body preserved in lifelike condition

• Mummy

• Zombie

• Corpse

Early form of paper made from reed plants found along the Nile River

• Bamboo
• Papyrus
• Silk

An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds

• Braille
• Hieroglyphics
• Cuneiform

A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader

• Emperor
• Pharaoh
• Monarch