denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
What is cuneiforms?
100
those things that are vowed or dedicated to God; act as an expression of reverence or thanksgiving
What is a votive offering?
100
in Egyptian religion, the sun god and god of creation
What is Re/Ra?
100
world's first named architect who built Egypt's first pyramid, is often recognized as the world's first doctor, a priest,. scribe, sage, poet, astrologer, and a vizier and chief ministe
What is Imhotep?
100
ancient god of the dead, resurrection, and fertility
What is Osiris?
200
an upright pillar, typically cylindrical and made of stone or concrete, supporting a structure
What is a column?
200
a brick, made of a mixture of loam, mud, sand and water mixed with a binding material such as rice husks or straw;
What is mud brick construction?
200
a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented
What is a scribe
200
a reed that grows in marshy areas around the Nile river; used to make writing materials
What is papyrus plant?
200
the preservation of a body, either animal or human
What is mummification?
300
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god
What is theocracy?
300
the spirit of ancient Egyptians after death; resided in the ka statues on trips back from the heavens
What is a ka?
300
an ancient symbol of eternal life
What is a lotus flower?
300
Egyptians' national patron god; usually depicted as a falcon-headed man wearing the pschent, or a red and white crown, as a symbol of kingship over the entire kingdom of Egypt
What is Horus?
300
Temple built as part of the pyramid complex, on the lower end. Site of worship, supposed to be the starting point of the funeral ceremonies.
What is the Valley Temple?
400
the inner area of an ancient temple
What is a cella?
400
a slab of stone used to mix makeup and for ceremonial purposes relating to the gods
What is a palette?
400
the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane
What is Bilateral Symmetry?
400
a guideline for Egyptian artists to follow that mandated a regulation of dimensions and scales
What is canon of proportion?
400
a modern term for a collection of magical spells that the Egyptians used to help them get into the afterlife
What is The Book of the Dead?
500
a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material
What is mosaic?
500
regard or represent as perfect or better than in reality
What is idealized?
500
an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period; credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty
What is Narmer?
500
an ancient Egyptian tomb structure that served as a chamber for the Ka statue of a deceased individual