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| Alabaster | A stone most commonly ivory-cream in color |
| Amulet | Charms which the ancient Egyptians wore for good luck or protection |
| Ankh | The Egyptian hieroglyph sign meaning "life" and "to live". |
| Canopic Jars | Containers that held the preserved internal organs of a mummy. |
| Cartouche | An oval figure enclosing the name of the King. |
| Deity | A god or a goddess |
| Delta | A triangular deposit at the mouth of a river. |
| Dynasty | A succession of rulers from the same family or line |
| Embalming | The treatment of the body with special formulas or chemicals to perserve it after death. |
| Hieroglyphs | In Egypt, one of some 700 signs used in writing |
| Ka | the part of a human's spirit that was the most vital force accompanying the individual through life and death. |
| Mummy | a dead body that has been preserved. |
| Mummification | the process of preserving a dead body. |
| Nubia | The region located to the south of ancient Egypt. |
| Papyrus | A tall reed plant growing in the Nile River marshes used to make paper-like sheets for writing. |
| Pectoral | An object worn on the chest for ornament and protection. |
| Pharaoh | A king or ruler |
| Profile | A side view. |
| Pyramid | the tomb of the king |
| Relief sculpture | carving away from the stone surface to make it appear raised from the background. |
| Sarcophagus | A stone coffin |
| Scarab beetle | This charm in the shape of the insect was placed in the mummy wrapping over the heart of the deceased. |
| Senet | A popular board game |
| Shawabti | "answerer", statuettes whose purpose was to spare their owner from menial labor in the afterlife. |
| Shroud | A cloth or sheet used to cover the body for burial. |
| Sphinx | In Egypt, a figure having the body of a lion and the head of a man. |
| Wedjat Eye | Called "the eye of Hours." It came to symbolize the process of "making whole" and "healing." |
