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Rosetta stone was discovered by soldiers of this army.

The French army

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Mesopotamian hero Gilgamesh was a king of this city.

Uruk

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The old name of the ISAC was...

Oriental Institute

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The typical form of a Mesopotamian temple is known as...

Ziggurat 

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This ancient city is expected to become the site of the final battle between good and evil.

Megiddo. 

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This famous palette represents the pharaoh named...

Narmer (or Menes)

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Tablets containing correspondence between Egyptian pharaohs and rulers of Near Eastern kingdoms is known as...

Amarna Letters 

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The second part of the Rosetta stone is written in this language. 

                      

Demotic                    

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Kush was one of the historical names for

Nubia

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In antiquity he Nile Valley was called Kemet. It translates as...

Black Land

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This plant provided Ancient Egyptians with the essential textile fibers for weaving and making clothing.

Flax 

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Behistun Inscription was important in decipherment of this script.

Cuneiform. 

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 A slab of stone, decorated or undecorated, often used in the ancient world as a grave marker but also for dedication, commemoration, and demarcation.

Stela 

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The king represented on this stone  ruled in this ancient city.

Babylon

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This beautiful monument is named after a goddess.

Ishtar Gate

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This Egyptian god typically wears a crown that looks like a bowling pin.

Osiris

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This king from the Northern Mesopotamian kingdom had a huge library. He also sacked the Egyptian city of Thebes in the 7th century BCE

                         

Ashurbanipal

              

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Ostracon is typically ...

a chip of pottery or limestone

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Ancient Levant was also known as...

Canaan

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Nineveh was one of the major cities of this empire.

Assyria

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This city was the first capital of unified Egypt.

Memphis

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Edgar J. Banks has created a foundation of this collection of the Oriental Institute.

Mesopotamian collection.

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An Egyptian priest Manetho is famous for writing this.

The first comprehensive history of Egypt

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The embodiment of truth, justice, and balance in Egyptian mythology.

Maat. 

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Derived from Greek for "flesh-eating," this type of coffin was often used in Egyptian and Greco-Roman cultures.

Sarcophagus

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Egyptian boats with unfurled sail go in this direction.

South

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Clay figurines from Jarmo, Iraq date back to this period.

Neolithic period. 9000-7000 BC

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He invented the method of sequence dating.

Sir Flinders Petrie 

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A treasure hunter Giuseppe Ferlini is responsible for destruction of a large number of these monuments

Nubian pyramids 

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People who lived in the village of Deir el-Medina were famous for creating these monuments.

Tombs in the Valley of the Kings 

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The Hyksos invasion of Egypt falls on this historical period.

The Second Intermediate Period (c. 1782 - c.1570 BCE)

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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities (the Egyptian Museum) was founded by this person

Auguste Mariette

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Palermo stone contains royal annals for this period of Egyptian history

Old kingdom. First five dynasties. 

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The names of these two ancient lands (East of Mediterranean sea) refer to the idea of  "the lands of the rising sun."

Anatolia and Levant

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Pharaohs renewed their divine powers and proved their physical ability to rule the country at this major festival. 

Sed festival. 

                       

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