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36 Cards in this Set
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dolerite
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copper or a very hard stone
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rubble
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rough broken stone
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scribes
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a public secretary
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oriented
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to cause to face toward the east
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horizon
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the line where the earth or sea meets the sky
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arc
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something curved
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embedded
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to enclose as if in a surrounding mass
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surveyors
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one that surveys
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symbolically
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the meaning of a symbol
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inundation
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to flood, flooding
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receded
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withdraw
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pharaohs
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kings
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ba
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a soul; it stays with the body
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ka
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a spiritual duplicate; it travels to and from
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mastabas
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small tombs
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Re
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god of the sun
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funerary
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associated with burial
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temenos
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enclosing the area around the base of a pyrmid
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causeway
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an enclosed passage
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quarries
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a rich source or supply of
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barracks
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a group of buildings in which soldiers live
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supremacy
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high in power
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compensation
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made up for
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remnants
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remains
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mummification
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the process of preserving the body
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theories
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the general idea of a subject
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immortal
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never dieing, everlasting
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porticullises
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granite doors
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sarcophagus
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a stone coffin
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mortar
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a strong deep bowl in which substances are crushed with a pestle
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inscribed
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to write or engrave
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friction
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the rubbing of one thing against another
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deterioration
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to make of less value
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corridor
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a passageway into which a room or rooms opens
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barge
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a broad flat-bottomed boat
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courses
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to move rapidly
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