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| Also, hi⋅er⋅o⋅glyph⋅i⋅cal. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented. |
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| inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination. |
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| of or pertaining to the sun: solar phenomena. |
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| to write, print, mark, or engrave (words, characters, etc.). |
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| Also called future life. life after death. |
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| to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note. |
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| a vehicle of various forms, mounted on runners and often drawn by draft animals, used for traveling or for conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc. |
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| to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance. |
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| a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, esp. one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament. |
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| a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. |
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| used or done superficially to make something look better, more attractive, or more impressive: Alterations in the concert hall were only cosmetic and did nothing to improve the acoustics. |
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| a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex. |
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| a period of dry weather, esp. a long one that is injurious to crops. |
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| a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well. |
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| a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax. |
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| "The Book of Dead" is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary text known as "Spells of Coming" (or "Going") "Forth By Day." The Book of the Dead was a description of the ancient Egyptian conception of the afterlife and a collection of hymns, spells, and instructions to allow the deceased to pass through obstacles in the afterlife. The Book of the Dead was most commonly written on a papyrus scroll and placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased. |
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| to treat (a dead body) so as to preserve it, as with chemicals, drugs, or balsams. |
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| the period in the history of ancient Egypt, 2780–2280 b.c., comprising the 3rd to 6th dynasties, characterized by the predominance of Memphis. |
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| a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular: the Nile delta. |
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| Also called Middle Empire. the period in the history of ancient Egypt, c2000–1785 b.c., comprising the 11th to 14th dynasties. Compare New Kingdom, Old Kingdom. |
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| one of the provinces of ancient Egypt. |
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| the period in the history of ancient Egypt, 1580–1085 b.c., comprising the 18th to 20th dynasties, characterized by the predominance of Thebes. |
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| a material on which to write, prepared from thin strips of the pith of this plant laid together, soaked, pressed, and dried, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. |
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| a stone slab, found in 1799 near Rosetta, bearing parallel inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphic, and demotic characters, making possible the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. |
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| a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group: the Ming dynasty. |
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| to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw. |
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| a title of an ancient Egyptian king. |
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| a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, esp. one of considerable size. |
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| to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying. |
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| of or pertaining to the moon: the lunar orbit. |
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| a stone coffin, esp. one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument. |
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