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| archaeoligist | one who studdies the life and culuture of ancient people by studying their monuments, artifacts, and inscriptions |
| hypothesis | a theory or proposition which has not yet been proven |
| looting | to steal artifacts from an archaeological |
| replica | a copy of a work of art or other object |
| deciphering | to find out the meaning to translate |
| ritual | a formal ceremony act usually apart of religion |
| symmertry | similarity in form and arrangement of things on opposite sides of a center line |
| sarcophagus | a stone coffin or tomb often decorated with carvings |
| astronomer | One who studies the sun stars and planets |
| reef | A ridge of coral of sand near the surface water |
| trawler | a boat for fishing by dragging a heavy net along the surface bottom |
| glyphs | a symbolic character, usually carved |
| stela | an upright stone slab carved with inscriptions |
| bends | pain caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood because of a sudden lowerng of atmosphere pressure |
| emblem glyph | a hierograoh that identifies 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 natural well carved out of limestone, sinkhole |
| foil | to prevent rom being succesful |
| fate | to end result or consequence the outcome |
