Egypt Vocabulary

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SILT

• Small particles of earth and sand that build up in rivers and help make fertile soil

PAPYRUS

• A plant that grows in wet areas that is used to make paper

PYRAMID

• A four sided stone structure on a square base used to bury a pharaoh

HIEROGLYPHICS

• Egyptian writing systems made with pictures

RA

•Egyptian sun god

PHAROAH

•Egyptian king; godlike

MUMMIFICATION

• Process of preparing body for afterlife

POLYTHEISM

• Worshipping many gods