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| Archeoligist | one who studies the life and culture of acient people by studying thier monuments,artifacts and inscription |
| hypothesis | a theory or preporsition which has not been proven |
| looting | to steal artifacts from an archeoligist site |
| replica | a copy of a work of art or other objects |
| deciphering | to figure out the meaning of; to translate |
| ritual | a formal,ceromonial act,usually part of a religion |
| symmetry | 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 stars,planets,and other heavenly bodies |
| reef | a ridge of coral or sand near the surface of the water |
| trawler | a boat for fishing by dragging a heavy net along the sea bottom |
| glyphs | a symbolic character, usually carved |
| stela | an upright stone slab, carved with inscriptions |
| bends | pain or paralysis cuased by the formationof nitrogen bubbles in the blood becaus eof sudden lowering of atmospheric pressure |
| emblem glyph | a hieroglyph that identifies a paricular acient maya city |
| curio | an 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 |
| foil | to prevent from being successful |
| fate | the end result or consequence;the outcome |
