an extensive group of states or countries under a supreme authority

not royalty, someone of low social status

typically a deep pit from which stone or other materials are extracted

a widely held but false belief or idea

an outline of something, seen from one side

common way of doing things (may be handed down from the past)

a long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers

a person employed to write or copy documents before the invention of printing

translate

Egyptian formal writing system that used an alphabet and symbols

payment made, as a sign of dependence

next in importance to the pharaoh, an overseer

a room/ burial chamber – area for mummy

life after death

go up or climb

steal goods from

a deep narrow vertical hole

maintain something in its original or existing state

transport in a ferry or boat

dolls that stack inside each other (book compares the coffins to nesting dolls)

crying with pain

something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain

the remains of a building or structure

a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and analysis of artifacts

described as eastern or western, it is the sides of the river

the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it

provide money or resources for a project or activity

a small room leading to a main one

looking with difficultly at someone or something

disrupted

closest to the center

material typically white that can be carved

the action of inflicting hurt or harm in return for an injury or wrong

a line of hereditary rules