| A | B |
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| archaeologist | one who studies the life and culture of ancient people by studying monuments, artifacts ect |
| hypothesis | a theory of prosposition which has not yet been proben |
| looting | to steel artifacts from an archaeologic site |
| deciphering | to figure out the meaning of somthing to translate |
| ritual | a frmal, ceramonial act, usaully part of a religion |
| symmetry | a similarity in form and arrangement of things on opposit sides |
| sarcophagus | a stone coffin or tomb, oftend has carvings |
| astronomer | one who studies the stars, planets, and other space stuff |
| reef | a ridge of coral or sand near the surface |
| 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 inscription |
| bends | pain or paralysis cause by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood because of sudden lowering of atmospheric pressure |
| emblem glyph | a hieroglyph that identifies a particular maya city |
| curio | any unusual article knik Knak |
| authentic | genuine, real |
| poultice | asoft moist mixture put on the body as medicen |
| cenote | a deep natural well carved out limestone |
| foil | to prevent from being successful |
| fate | the end result or consequence, the outcome |
| replica | a copy of a work of art or othe subject |
