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Egyptologist |
a person who studies ancient Egypt |
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civilization |
a group of people with an advanced way of life that includes science, are, and most often writing
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hieroglyphic |
picture writing |
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papyrus |
a paper like material which the scribes wrote on |
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pharaohs |
Egyptian rulers, also means "great house" |
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jackal |
a kind of wild dog that lives in Asia and North Africa |
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natron |
kind of salt that priest covered the deceased bodies with |
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scribes |
most important job in ancient Egypt; wrote down government records |
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amulets |
the magic charms wrapped in the mummies' linen strips |
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scarab |
a beetle |
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sarcophagus |
stone coffin that mummies were placed in |
