Egypt

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  1. 1. large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.
  2. 3. fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor
  3. 4. a winged monster having a woman's head and a lion's body
  4. 6. a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres, it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall
  5. 7. a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats
  6. 10. a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia
  7. 13. a landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water
  8. 14. Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great
  9. 15. of soil or land producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops.
  10. 16. a sequence of rulers from the same family, usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics
  11. 17. a stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems
  12. 19. a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and resin, and wrapping in bandages
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  1. 2. A region of western Asia, in what is now Iraq, known as the “cradle of civilization.”
  2. 5. Egypt’s sprawling capital
  3. 7. a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt
  4. 8. longest river in the world
  5. 9. a valley formed by flowing water
  6. 11. a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece
  7. 12. the vernacular term often used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt
  8. 13. a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal lif
  9. 18. preserve a corpse from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative