Ancient Egypt
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- hieroglyphics
- The Ancient Egyptian form of writing
- apparation
- a supernatural appearance of a person or thing
- natron
- a chemical used to embalm the body and preserve it
- afterlife
- A life after death
- desertification
- the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert
- predict
- To declare or tel in advance, to foretell
- Amon-Re
- The sun god and the most important god of the ancient egyptian religion
- delta
- a low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
- Osiris
- The god of the dead
- cleopatra
- a queen pharoah from 69-30 B.C.
- papyrus
- The type of plant from which paper is made
- silt
- mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
- independance
- Complete freedom
- rosetta stone
- The stone found by a French officer that enabled archaeologists tounlock hieroglyphics
- Pharaoh
- all-powerful king in ancient Egypt
- iron
- a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element
- dynasty
- a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
- inundation
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- annex
- take (territory) by conquest
- mummy
- A preserved body prepared for the afterlife
- pyramid
- a massive memorial with a square base and four triangular sides
- emergence
- A coming into view.
- amulet
- a trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil
- edicts
- Commands of the pharaoh
- cataract
- Rock filled rapids or waterfalls