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Egyptian Vocabulary

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CATARACT

A DESCENT OF WATER OVER A STEEP SURFACE; A WATERFALL,
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DELTA

THE FOURTH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET

DYNASTY

a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group: the Ming dynasty.
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PHARAOH

a title of an ancient Egyptian king.
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DEITY

a god or goddess.

PAPYRUS

an ancient document, manuscript, or scroll written on this material.

HIEROGLYPHICS

PARTICULARLY THAT OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS, IN WHICH MANY OF THE SYMBOLS ARE CONVENTIONALIZED, RECOGNIZABLE PICTURES OF THE THINGS REPRESENTED.
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EMBALMING

to preserve from oblivion; keep in memory: his deeds embalmed in the hearts of his disciples.
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MUMMY

the dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming.
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PYRAMID

(in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb.

TRIBUTE

A GIFT, TESTIMONIAL, COMPLIMENT, OR THE LIKE, GIVEN AS DUE OR IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GRATITUDE OR ESTEEM.

NILE RIVER

a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.

KING TUTANKHAMEN

Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom. He is popularly referred to as King Tut. Wikipedia
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RAMSES

the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.

HATSHEPSUT

1495–75 b.c, queen of Egypt.
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HYKSOS

a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties, c1700–1580 b.c.: believed to have been a Semitic people that originally migrated into Egypt from Asia.
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NUBIA

a light, knitted woolen head scarf for women.

THEBES

an ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor: a former capital of Egypt.