Ancient Egypt Vocabulary
Afterlife: Life after death.
Delta: Very fertile, flat land made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water.
Dynasty: A sequence of powerful rulers in the same family.
Famine: A severe shortage of food.
Hieroglyphics: Ancient Egypt system of writing made up of picture signs.Mummy: A body that is embalmed, dried, then wrapped for burial.
Papyrus: A reed plant used to make paper.
Peasant: A person who does farm work.
Pharaoh: The ruler of Egypt.
Polytheism: The belief in many gods.
Pyramid: A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular side with a common vertex.
Sarcophagus: A stone coffin.
Scribe: A professional writer who keeps records, copied letters, and official documents.
Scroll: Columns.
Sphynx: Having a humans head and a lions body.
Temple: Castle made for a ruler.
Vizier: A high-raking government official.