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Ancient Egypt Vocabulary 1. Silt: fertile soil deposited by a river. 2. Delta: the triangle-shaped deposit of rich soil at a river’s mouth. 3. Aswan High Dam: a structure to control the floodwaters of the Nile River and provide electricity. 4. Cataract: a high waterfall or rapids. 5. Dynasty: a family or group that rules for several generations. 6. Pharaoh: a ruler of ancient Egypt. 7. Pyramid: an ancient Egyptian structure, built over or around a tomb. 8. Nubia: in ancient times, the Nile River valley of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. 9. Kush: an ancient Nubian kingdom in northern Sudan. 10. Hieroglyphics: an Egyptian writing system in which picture symbols stand for meanings or sounds. 11. Papyrus: a paperlike material made from the stems of the papyrus reed. 12. Mummy: a body prepared for burial according to ancient Egyptian practice. 13. Nile River: the longest river in the world, which empties into the Mediterranean Sea in northeast Egypt. 14. Alexander the Great: this pharaoh was from Macedonia and he conquered Egypt in 332B.C. 15. Rames II: the pharaoh when Egypt’s power peaked.