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...s: A bluish-gray sandstone used for paving and building Book of the Dead Canopic Jar a jar used in ancient egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body capital city that is the center of a specific activity or industry Cartouche An oval or oblong figure in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics that encloses characters expressing the names or epithets of royal or divine personages Carving : To decorate by cutting and shaping carefully Catal Huyuk citadels a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle column: Something resembling an architectural pillar in form or function Conventions A formal meeting of members Corbelling A bracket of stone, wood, brick, or other building material, projecting from the face of a wall and generally used to support a cornice or arch. Courses Onward movement in a particular direction Cromlech: or dolmen the setting of religious ceremonies in prehistoric britian. cuneiform Writing typified by the use of characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements Cycladic Civilization (c.3000-1200 B.C.) Cyclopaean Masonry cylinder seals Deir-el-Bahri Dolmen: a prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone Dromos Egypt site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC Egyptian Canon of Proportion Epic of Gilgamesh faced The surface of the front of the head from the top of the forehead to the base of the chin and from ear to ear four cardinal points Fresco: fresco secco and buon fresco glazing A coating of colored, opaque, or transparent material applied to ceramics before firing glyptic art carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones) Gudea : Hammurabi Babylonian king (1792-1750) who made Babylon the chief Mesopotamian kingdom and codified the laws of Mesopotamia and Sumeria Hathor Hatshepsut Queen of Egypt (1503-1482) who on the death of her husband Hearth The fireplace or brazier of a blacksmith's forge Helladic Civilization Henri Breuil hierarchical proportions Hieroglyphics ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound Hittites A member of an ancient people living in Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000-1200 B.C. The Indo-European language of the Hittites Horus falcon-headed solar god Hypostyle hall A building with a roof or ceiling supported by rows of columns Imhotep Egyptian architect, astrologer, and physician impost block Inanna The chief Sumerian goddess, associated with fertility, the natural world, and war, and later equated with the Babylonian Ishtar. inlaid Having a pattern that goes through to the backing. Used of linoleum or vinyl flooring Inundation The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds Isis An ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris Ka Kamares Ware Khafre (c.2490 B.C.) Kheker frieze Khufu (c.2500 B.C.) King Assurnasirpal II King Minos A king of Crete, the son of Zeus and Europa, who was made one of the three judges in the underworld after his death King Senwosret King Zoser Knossos it is the traditional site of the labyrinth of Daedalus and the palace of King Minos. Labyrinth structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one's way; Lagash: An ancient city of Sumer in southern Mesopotamia , enjoyed a classical revival noted for its sculpture and literature Lamassu lapis lazuli An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color Lascaux Linear A An undeciphered writing system used in Crete from the 18th to the 15th century Linear B a syllabic script used in Greece in the 13th century B.C load-bearing construction Lotus Blossom Maat Mastaba An ancient Egyptian tomb with a rectangular base, sloping sides, and a flat roof Megalith A large stone; especially, a large stone used in ancient building. Megaron The main hall or central room of a palace or house, especially of Mycenaean Greece, Menhir : A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Menkaure (c.2475 B.C.) Mesopotamia An ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq Middle Kingdom = 11th and 12th Dynasties Middle Kingdom Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing Minoan Civilization (c.3000-1500 B.C.) A native or inhabitant of ancient Crete Mistress of the House Modeling: Visual shape and texture of something regarded aesthetically, especially the human face or form Monolith: A large block of stone, especially one used in architecture or sculpture Mortuary/Funerary Temple A place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation Mummification To shrivel or dry up like a mummy Mycenae An ancient Greek city in the northeast Peloponnesus, Age as the center of an early civilization Mycenaean civilization:that spread its influence from Mycenae to many parts of the Mediterranean region from about 1580 to 1120 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar tears and groans of judgment Nefertiti Queen of Egypt as the wife of Akhenaton Nemes New Kingdom Ancient Egypt during the XVIII-XX Dynasties, from c. 1580 to 1090 B.C. The New Kingdom was noted for its territorial expansion and richness of art and architecture under rulers such as Amenhotep III and Rameses II Nile River world's longest river Nomad : a person with no fixed residance Obelisk A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top. Offering Bearer Old Kingdom Ancient Egypt during the III-VI Dynasties, from c. 2980 to 2475 B.C. The Old Kingdom was noted as “the Age of the Pyramids,” with magnificent monuments built by rulers such as Cheops Osiris god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and sister of Isis; father...