Cataracts Stretched of dangerous rapids in the Nile. There were six cataracts between Aswan and Khartum in Sudan. Cuneiform The Mesopotamian script, written on clay tablets with wedge-shaped strokes. Tablets with cuneiform texts were found at el-Amarna. Deity A god or goddess.
Many Egyptian deities can have human, semi-human and animal shapes.
It is one of the three scripts on the Rosetta Stone. Dig A term refurring to the search conducted by archaeologists for ancient buildings or artifacts they believe to have been buried underground. Dynasty A series of rulers, usually related to each other by blood or marriage. The order of the dynasties is known from the 3rd Century BC historian Manetho and from ancient Egyptian lists of kings. Ebony The hard, black wood from a tropic tree.