EGYPT VOCABULARY

12 words in all

By Chris p.

Canopic jars

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

Delta

A deposit of sand and soil at the mouth of a river

Embalmers

Workers who treat dead bodies with various chemicals

Hieroglyphics Pictures or symbols representing words,

symbols, or sounds ;used by the ancient Egyptians instead of alphabet writing

mastabas

Structures with flat roofs that served as tombs in ancient Egypt

mummificataions

The preservation of a body by embaling

Necropolis

A cemetery in an ancient city

basin

A region drained by a river and its tributaries

Obelisk

Tall, four-sided towers of stone covered in n hieroglyphics

pharaoh

The title king of ancient Egypt

Papyrus

Egyptian paper

Shaduff/Shadoof

Egyptian machine used to raise water

The End