| A | B |
|---|
| 1500 B.C. | glass making was invented |
| sand | major ingredient in glass |
| 1st Century B.C. | glass blowing was invented |
| B.C. | before Christ |
| A.D. | anno domini or "in the year of our Lord" |
| iron impurities | what give glass its color |
| silica | purer sand used to obtain colorless glass |
| perfume, oil, cosmetics | main use of small glass containers |
| Isis | Egyptian goddess of resurrection |
| Osiris | Egyptian goddess of afterlife |
| Serapis | Egyptian goddess of harvest |
| pyramid | tomb for a pharaoh |
| pharaoh | Egyptian king |
| Nile | river that runs through Egypt |
