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Egyptian Terms for Beginners

A list of Egyptian terms beginners should know.

By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide

Cartouche at Temple of Hatshepsut. Deir al-Bahri, Luxor, Egypt

Cartouche at Temple of Hatshepsut. Deir al-Bahri, Luxor, Egypt

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Canopic Jars
Cartouche
Cleopatra
Great Pyramid at Giza
Hatshepsut
Hieroglyph
Horus
Isis
Lower Egypt
Middle Kingdom
Mummy
Nefertiti
New Kingdom
Nile River
Nomes
Nut
Old Kingdom
Osiris
Papyrus
Pharaoh
Predynastic Egypt
Pyramids
Ramses
Re
Rosetta Stone
Sarcophagus
Scarab
Shabti
Sphinx
Tell (Tel)
Tutankhamen (King Tut)
Upper Egypt
Valley of the Kings

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