| A | B |
|---|
| Archaeologist | Archaeologist study things from the past |
| Hypothesis | A well educated guess is a hypothesis |
| Looting | to steal artifacts from an archaeologist |
| Replica | A copy of a work of art or other subject |
| Deciphering | to figure out the meaning of ; to translate |
| Ritual | A formed ceremonial act usally part of a religoin |
| Symmetry | similiartity in form and arrangment of things on opposite sides of a center line |
| Saracophagus | a stone coffin or tomb often demorating with carvings |
| astronomer | One who studies stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies |
| reef | A ridge of coral or sand near the surface |
| trawler | A boat for fishing by dragging a heavy net across the bottom |
| glyphs | A symbolic charecter usally carved |
| stela | A upright stone slab carved with inscriptions |
| bends | A pain or paralysis caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood because of a sudden lowering of atmospheric pressure (also called caisson dieseace or decompresssion sickness |
| emblem glyph | a hieroglyph that udentifies a particular ancient maya city |
| curio | any unusual article |
| authentic | genuine, real |
| poultice | a soft moist mixture put on the body as medicine |
| cenote | A deep nature well carved out of limestone sinkhole |
| Foil | to prevent form being sucessful |
| fate | the end result or consequence ; the outcome |
