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Pyramids |
large tomb for the pharaoh |
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pharaoh |
a ruler in ancient Egypt. |
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Great sphinx |
a large human-headed lion that was carved from a mound of natural rock. It is located in Giza where it guards the front of Khafra's pyramid. |
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Egypt 12,000 years ago was what type of landscape |
swampland |
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what is the life of Egypt |
the Nile river |
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hieroglyphics |
an form of communication using over 600 signs |
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papyrus |
a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing |
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caravans |
a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert |
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mummification |
a process in which the skin and flesh of a corpse can be preserved. |
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what direction does the Nile flow |
south to north |
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what where the main periods of Egypt |
old kingdom middle kingdom new kingdom |
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pyramids are from what period of Egypt |
old kingdom |
