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- Assyria
- An ancient civilization of western Asia in the upper valley of the Tigris River. At its height between the ninth and seventh centuries BCE, the empire extended from the Mediterranean Sea across Arabia and Armenia.
- BCE
- See Before Common Era
- Before Common Era (BCE)
- Year in a specified era before the year 0. BCE indicates the same time period as BC.
- CE
- See Common Era.
- Common Era (CE)
- Year in a specified era after the year 0. CE indicates the same time period as AD.
- Hieroglyphic
- A system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.
- Pharaoh
- Official title of the Egyptian kings.
- Sistrum
- A percussion instrument of ancient Egypt and Nubia made up of metal rods attached to a metal frame.
- Sphinx
- An Egyptian mythological being with the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk.
- Stele
- An upright stone with an inscribed or sculptured surface, used as a monument or as part of a building.
- Pectoral
- Ornament or decoration worn on the chest.
- Uraeus
- A serpent, or serpent's head and neck. The uraeus was shown on the front of royal crowns as an symbol of supreme power.
- Milky Way
- The galaxy containing the solar system. It is visible as a faint band of light in the night sky.
- Sarcophagus
- A stone coffin.
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