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amulets

amulet
[noun]
evil.

ankh
archaeologist

a charm or talisman worn for good luck or to ward off

[noun] in Egyptian art, a cross with a loop at the top,

symbolic of life.

archaeology
[noun] the study of past human life. An archaeologist digs
up and then studies objects such as pottery, tools, and
buildings.

crypt
deteriorating

[noun] a burial chamber or underground vault, esp. one

beneath a church.

deteriorate
[children's verb]

diadems

diadem
[noun]

embalmed

a crown or headband symbolizing royal status.

embalm
[transitive verb]
burial.

forensic
mummified

to make or become less in value or quality.

[adjective]

to treat (a corpse) with preservatives before

pertaining to or used in legal proceedings.

mummify
[transitive verb] to transform (a dead body) into a mummy
by embalming and drying.

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Ancient Egypt
Osiris

[noun] the ancient Egyptian god of the lower world and

judge of the dead whose annual resurrection was believed to
personify nature's yearly renewal.

Pharaoh

[noun] (sometimes lower case) the title of each of the kings

of ancient Egypt.

ransacked

ransack
[transitive verb]
to steal; plunder.

reconstruction

[noun]

the act or result of reconstructing.

reign

[noun]

rule by a king or queen.

sarcophagus

[noun]

a carved stone coffin.

scarab
subterranean

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to search through thoroughly, esp. for items

[noun] a small carving made to look like such a beetle, and

used in ancient Egypt as a charm.
[adjective]

below the earth's surface; underground.

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