| A | B |
| bracken | kind of green plant; fern |
| forlorn | sad and lonely |
| veld | open grazing areas of South Africa |
| matted | dense; tangled together |
| kloof | long, deep narrow valley created by running water |
| well-tended | well taken care of |
| unshod | barefoot |
| Creator | superior being believed to have created the earth; God |
| kept | neatly maintained |
| archeologist | a person who studies people and what they did in the past from things they left behind |
| remains | the parts of something old that are still left |
| pyramid | ahuge stone tomb of ancient Egyptian royalty with a square base and triamgular walls that slope to met in a point at the top |
| pharaohs | a ruler of ancient Egypt |
| noble | belonging or relating to an aristocratic social or political class |
| constructed | to build or assemble something by putting togther sparate parts in an ordered way |
| ancient | very old |
| sacred | dedicated to a deity or religious purpose |
| enormous | unusually large or great in size, amont or degree |
| gravel | small stones used for paths or for making concrete |
| exposed | uncovered and therefore visible or without protection |
| perfectly | in exactly the way desired or required |