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Cataract- a large waterfall, that is used for transportation and irrigation. Image Source: wikispaces.com Linen- Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linen usitatissimum. Linen is laborious to manufacture, but the fiber is very absorbent and garments made of linen are valued for their exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather. They are used to make clothes and garments for the people. Image Source: metmuseum.org Step pyramid- A step pyramid or stepped pyramid is an architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up, to achieve a completed shape similar to a geometric pyramid. Step pyramids are structures which characterized several cultures throughout history, in several locations throughout the world. These pyramids typically are large and made of several layers of stone. Image Source: http://emhotep.net Ramses II- King of Egypt (1304-1237 B.C.) whose reign was marked by the building of numerous monuments, including two large temples at Abu Simbel. Image Source: wikispaces.com Afterlife- In philosophy, religion, mythology, and fiction, the afterlife (also referred to as life after death or the Hereafter) is the concept of a realm, or the realm itself (whether physical or transcendental), in which an essential part of an individual's identity or consciousness continues to exist after the death of the body in the individual's lifetime. Image Source: http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk Succession- the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc. It determines the goods given to the given "successor". Image Source: mummies2pyramids.info Scribe- A scribe is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps keep track of records. The profession, previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and status with the advent of printing. Image Source: historymuseum.ca Embalm- preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative. They do this to the pharaohs. Image Source: clker.com Hieroglyph- A hieroglyph is a character of the ancient Egyptian writing system. Logographic scripts that are pictographic in form in a way reminiscent of ancient Egyptian are also sometimes called "hieroglyphs". In Neoplatonism, especially during the Renaissance, a "hieroglyph" was an artistic representation of an esoteric idea, which Neoplatonists believed actual Egyptian hieroglyphs to be. Image Source: wikimedia.org Mummy- A mummy is a deceased human or animal whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Image Source: ancientegyptianfacts.com Papyrus: a material on which to write, prepared from thin strips of the pith of this plant laid together, soaked, pressed, and dried, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. Papyrus was impotrant to Egyptians because they could use it to write on. Image Source: http://blackbambu.com Delta: a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular: the Nile delta. This was a critical part to the Nile's irrigation. Image Source: http://unityinchrist.com Khufu: flourished early 26th century b.c, king of Egypt: builder of the great pyramid at Giza (father of Khafre). Image Source: tombsofancientegypt.com Pharaoh: a title of an ancient Egyptian king. Image Source: Manley World History Period 3 Pyramid: (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. Image Source: wikipedia.org Dynasty: a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group: the Ming dynasty. Tthe family line rules the egyptian people until another dynasty replaces the previous dynasty. Image Source: friesian.com Red land: the barren desert that protected Egypt on two sides. These deserts separated ancient Egypt from neighboring countries and invading armies. They also provided the ancient Egyptians with a source for precious metals and semi-precious stones. Image Source: trekearth.com Black land: the fertile land on the banks of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians used this land for growing their crops. This was the only land in ancient Egypt that could be farmed because a layer of rich, black silt was deposited there every year after the Nile flooded. Image Source: globosapiens.net Silt: earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment. Image Source: troutlakearts.com Hatshepsut: 1495–75 b.c, queen of Egypt. She was the longest ruling queen in Egypt. She was a good role model for young Egyptian girls. Image Source: xena.yuku.com Obelisk: a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex. It represents the sun god. Image Source: nationalgeographic.com Most of these definitions were found from Wikipedia, Oxford Dictionaries, and Dictionary.com. Here are links to get to those sites: http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/ http://dictionary.reference.com/ |