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