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cataract
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a rock-filled rapid in a river
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silt
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fine soil found on river bottoms
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pharaoh
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a powerful Egyptian ruler
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dynasty
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a series of rulers from the same family
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regent
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someone who rules for a child until that child is old enough to rule on his or her own
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afterlife
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a life after death
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pyramid
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a building with four walls shaped like triangles
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hieroglyphs
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a kind of picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas or things and others stand for sounds
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papyrus
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an early form of paper made from reeds
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artisan
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a worker especially skilled in making something
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