| A | B |
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| canopic jars | set of 4 jars used to hold internal organs of a mummified person |
| pyramid | huge 3-D triangle built as a royal tomb |
| afterlife | life after death believed in by ancient Egytpians |
| mummy | a dead body preserved in a life-like condition |
| artisan | skilled worker who specializes in making something such as baskets, leather goods, tools, jewelry, pottery or clothes |
| nobles | someone born into a high social class; an aristocrat |
| century | time span of 100 years |
| hieroglyph | system of writing of the Egyptians; kind of picture writing |
| Rosetta Stone | artiface that had the same message written in 3 languages |
| astronomer | scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky |
| peasants | group of people that did farm labor and building temples |
| herbalism | art of creating medicines from plants |
| John Francois Champollion | French scholar who figured out how to read the Rosetta Stone |
