Question | Answer |
Akhet | Flood season - July to October |
Peret | Seed season - November to February |
Shemu | Harvest season - March to June |
Vizier | Chief judge |
Natron | Mineral salts, used in embalming |
Hieroglyphics | Ancient Egyptian writing system, using symbols |
Shadoof | Bucket for lifting water from the Nile |
Afterlife | Life after death |
Cataract | Rocky pass in the Nile |
Civilisation | Group of people in a settlement |
Deity | God or goddess |
Dynasties | Families of successive rulers |
Embalming | Preserving the dead |
irrigation | Watering crops |
Ma'at | Honesty or the goddess that represents it |
Mummification | Embalming |
Nilometer | Stone structures used to measure the height of the Nile |
Papyrus | Reeds used to make paper |
Sphinx | Lion with a man's head |
Inundation | The yearly flooding of the Nile |
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