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Ritual landscape |
extensive 'sacred' archaeological tracts which were seemingly dedicated to ceremonial purposes in the Neolithic and early Bronze Ages (c. 3500-1800 BC).
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Kerb Stones |
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Cairn Passage Tomb |
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Blue Stones |
any of various bluish or gray building stone; found at stonehenge
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Sarsen Stones |
sandstone blocks found in quantity in the United Kingdom; found at stonehenge
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Triskeles |
a motif consisting of three interlocked spirals, three bent human legs, or three bent/curved lines extending from the center of the symbol.
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Fertile Crescent |
The Fertile Crescent is the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt.
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Cuneiform |
a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians
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Epic of Gilgamesh |
an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur, it is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature
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Ziggurat |
a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.
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Cella |
the inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture
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Altar |
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cosmology |
the science of the origin and development of the universe.
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Deshret + hedjet |
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The Rosetta Stone
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a granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V.
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Ogdoad
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a group or set of eight.
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Benben
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the top stone of the Egyptian pyramid.
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Wedjat; "Eye of Horus"
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symbol of protection, royal power and good health.
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Maat (also spelled Ma’at)
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goddess regulating the stars, seasons, and the actions of both mortals and the deities, who set the order of the universe from chaos at the moment of creation.
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Hierarchy of scale
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the manipulation of size and space in a picture to emphasize importance of a specific object
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Continuous narrative |
a type of narrative that illustrates multiple scenes of a narrative within a single frame.
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Mastaba
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a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides, constructed out of mud-bricks or stone
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Burial Chamber
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a chamber of burial |
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Serdab |
an ancient Egyptian tomb structure that served as a chamber for the Ka statue of a deceased individual.
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Ba & Ka |
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Column / engaged column
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Capital
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Top of column |
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Howard Carter |
Head of King Tut excavation |
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"Pharaoh's Curse" |
an alleged curse believed by some to be cast upon any person who disturbs the mummy of an Ancient Egyptian person, especially a pharaoh.
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Cycladic Islands
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a group of Greek islands, southeast of the mainland in the Aegean Sea
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King Minos |
the first King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa
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Theseus |
the mythical king of Athens and was the son of Aethra by two fathers
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Ariadne’s thread
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Homer |
Greek philosopher |
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Trojan War
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waged against the city of Troy |
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Heinrich Schliemann
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an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer |
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Sir Arthur Evans
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famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete
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Linear A & B
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linear forms of writing used by certain Aegean civilizations during the 2nd millennium bc
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Entasis
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a slight convex curve in the shaft of a column
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Cyclopean masonry
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a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture
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Post-and-lintel construction
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Relieving triangle
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Corbelling
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Lamassu
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Megaron
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architectural form consisting of an open porch, a vestibule, and a large hall with a central hearth and a throne
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Repoussé |
hammered into relief from the reverse side.
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