Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

a ruler of ancient Egypt

ancient Egyptian writing system using picture symbols for ideas or sounds

a series of rulers from a single family

massive structure with a rectangular base and four triangular sides built as a burial place for pharaohs

a waterfall or rapids in a rive

the yearly time of flooding in ancient Egypt

ancient Egyptian irrigation tool consisting of a bucket-and-lever water lifting device

a government controlled by religious figures

a land form made of sediment (silt) that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake

a reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse, paper like writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East