Studies
The comprehensive study of ancient Egyptian history, language (hieroglyphs), culture, and artifacts.
Egyptology
This place collects, preserves, and displays artefacts and other objects from the past.
Museum
Developed along the Nile River; famous for pyramids, pharaohs, and hieroglyphics.
Ancient Egypt
This ancient Egyptian writing system that used pictures and symbols to represent sounds, words, and ideas that archaeologists studied on the tomb walls to learn about ancient Egyptian beliefs.
Hieroglyphics
This field of study investigates human societies, cultures, and their development through time.
Anthropology
Hard parts that make up the skeleton of humans and many animals
Bones
Developed along the Yellow River; known for early dynasties such as the Shang and Zhou.
Ancient China
A paper-like material made from a plant that was used by the ancient Egyptians for writing.
Papyrus
the scientific study of ancient life on Earth through the examination of fossils.
Paleontology
The preserved body of a human or animal that has been protected from decay, either naturally or through special methods such as embalming.
Mummy
Known for democracy, philosophy, the Olympics, and mythology.
Ancient Greece
This type of symbol is a simple drawing that represents an object by looking like the thing it stands for.
Pictograph
This branch of knowledge focuses on the recovery and analysis of material remains from past civilizations.
Archaeology
This preserved remain or trace of a once-living organism can provide information about ancient environments.
Fossil
Located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; home to the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.
Mesopotamia
This ancient Mesopotamian writing system used wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets.
Cuneiform
This discipline studies ancient and historical languages through written texts to understand past civilizations.
Philology
An ancient tool, piece of pottery, or other object made by humans and studied by historians is called this.
Artefact
Name the three most important ancient civilizations of central and south America known for mathematics, astronomy, architecture and writing systems.
Maya, Aztec, Inca
This type of symbol represents an idea or concept rather than the sounds of a spoken language.
Ideogram?