EGYPT VOCAB.

By: Chloe McGee

DeltaA deposit of sand and soil at the mouth of a river.

EmbalmersWorkers who treat dead bodies with various chemicals.

MastabasStructures with flat roofs that served as tombs in ancient Egypt.

MummificationThe preservation of a body by embalming.

NecropolisA cemetery in an ancient city.

BasinA natural or artificial hollow place containing water.

HieroglyphicPictures or symbols representing words, syllables, or sounds; used by the ancient Egyptians instead of alphabetical writing.

ObeliskTall, four-sided towers of stone covered in hieroglyphics.

PapyrusEgyptian paper.

ShaduffEgyptian machine used to raise water.

Pharaoh

Egyptian ruler.

Canopic Jars

• Jars used in ancient Egypt to hold the internal organs of a mummified body.