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12 Cards in this Set
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Cataract |
A large waterfall;any strong flood or rush of water |
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Delta |
The place at the mouth of a river where it splits into several streams to form an area shaped like a triangle |
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Pharaoh |
The title of the kings of ancient Egypt |
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Dynasty |
A series of rulers from the same family |
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Regent |
someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule |
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Afterlife |
the next life,in which the dead are believed to live again |
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Mummy |
a dead body preserved in a lifelike conditions |
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Pyramid |
a huge building with 4 sloping outside walls shaped like triangles;in Egypt,were built as royals tombs |
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Hieroglyph |
a kind of |
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Papyrus |
an early form of paper made from a reedlike plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta |
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Astronomer |
a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky |
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Artisan |
a worker who is especially skilled in making something such as,baskets, leather goods, tool, jewelry, pottery, or clothes |
