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ancient egyptnoun	(historical) A civilization that existed in the valley of the Nile River from c. 3150 BCE to 30 BCE.
pyramidsnoun	A set of ancient pyramidal-shaped constructions in Egypt, mostly built as tombs for the pharaohs.
pharaonnoun	Archaic form of pharaoh. [(historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty]
tutankhamunnoun	Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.
pschentnoun	The double crown of ancient Egypt, combining the white crown of Upper Egypt with the red crown of Lower Egypt, worn by pharaohs after the union of the two kingdoms in around 3000 BC.
old kingdomnoun	(historical) Egypt from the start of the 3rd Dynasty to its disintegration into regional states at the end of the 6th Dynasty.
old egyptiannoun	The Egyptian language as spoken from 2600 to 2000 BC during the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period.
new kingdomnoun	(historical, Egyptology) Egypt after the Second Intermediate Period but before the Third Intermediate Period, from the time of the overthrow of the Hyksos under Ahmose I at the start of the 18th Dynasty to its de facto disintegration at the end of the 20th Dynasty.
aegiptiannoun	Obsolete spelling of Egyptian. [Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.]
memphisnoun	The largest city in Tennessee, United States, and the county seat of Shelby County.
second intermediate periodnoun	(historical) The period of Egyptian history from the end of the Middle Kingdom midway through the 13th dynasty to the start of the New Kingdom at the beginning of the 18th dynasty, characterized by political disintegration and later the conquest of Egypt by the Hyksos.
ægiptiannoun	Obsolete spelling of Egyptian. [Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.]
first intermediate periodnoun	(historical) The period of Egyptian history from the end of the Old Kingdom to the start of the Middle Kingdom (comprising the Seventh/Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and early Eleventh dynasties), characterized by a loss of central authority in favor of local nomarchs.
ægyptiannoun	Archaic spelling of Egyptian. [Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.]
phylarchnoun	A tribal chief, magistrate, or other local ruler.
akhetatennoun	the capital city newly established and built by the pharaoh Akhenaten, modern-day Amarna, Egypt
phylenoun	(Ancient Greece) A local division of the people; a clan or tribe.
upper egyptnoun	The southern portion of Egypt.
archegetesnoun	(Greek mythology) Leader or founder; an epithet of the god Apollo.
ægyptologistnoun	Obsolete form of Egyptologist. [A person; one who is skilled in or professes or practices Egyptology.]