cataract - a waterfall, delta - the area near a river's mouth where the water deposits fine soil, silt - fine soil deposited by a river, fertile - good for growing crops, linen - a type of fabric woven from flax plants, scribe - a person whose job was write and keep records, hieroglyph - a picture that stands for a word or letter, papyrus - a paperlike material made from a reed of the same name, afterlife - life that takes place in another world after death, embalm - to preserve a body after death, mummy - a body that has been dried so it won't decay, dynasty - line of rulers from the same family, succession - the order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne, pharaoh - the title of king in ancient Egypt, pyramid - structure with triangular sides that meet at a point, step pyramid - a pyramid with sides that rise in a series of steps, Khufu - pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid, Hatshepsut - an Egyptian queen who declared herself pharaoh in 1472BC and expanded trade, obelisk - a four-sided shaft with a pyramid-shaped top, Ramses II - the pharoah who ruled Egypt from 1279BC to 1213BC and created a stable empire,

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