astronomy | | extra |
papyrus | | the desert land in Egypt beyond the fertile land |
surplus | | people who make things like furniture, jewelry, clothing, etc. |
embalming | | paper made out of papyrus reeds and rolled into scrolls |
linen | | process of preserving a dead body |
polytheistic | | tool used to spread water over the land |
shaduf | | trenches dug in a farming field that are designed to get water to all plants |
Black Land | | Ancient Egyptian picture writing system |
Red Land | | the study of the stars |
hieroglyphics | | trading what you have for what you need |
barter | | religion that worships many gods |
irrigation canals | | the land in Egypt that was directly next to the Nile and was very fertile |
survey | | profession that uses geometry to measure the land and set boundaries |
artisans | | created by wrapping a body in hundreds of yards of linen |
mummy | | lightweight fabric woven from flax plants |