Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

A triangular-shaped area formed on the seabed where river deposits material over many years.

• Dynasty

• Delta

• Silt

• Peninsula

A mixture of soil and small rocks

• Sand

• Soil

• Silt

• Grain

A valuable crop used to make paper

• Papyrus

• Hieroglyphics

• Cataract

• Clay Tablets

Waterfall

• Papyrus

• Silt

• Stream

• Cataract

To unite 2 or more countries

• Unite

• Unify

• Combine

• Expansion

A god-like King in Egypt

• Papyrus

• Dynasty

• Pharaoh

• Cataract

A form of writing with pictures that was developed by the Egyptians

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Alphabet

• Sumerian

A large stone building that has served as a house for the dead

• Chapel

• Temple

• Ziggurat

• Pyramid

A body that has been preserved so it does not decompose

• Mummy

• Cataract

• Dynasty

• Silt

The way people use and manage their resources

• Saving

• Bureaucracy

• Economy

• Labor