"Dry fresco"; the technique of painting on dry plaster.
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Theocracy
A state ruled by a god or by the god's representative.
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Composite view
A view that integrates multiple perspectives into a single unified representation.
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Cartouche
In ancient Egyptian art, an ornamental and symbolic frame reserved for the names of rulers and their wives.
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Ka
In ancient Egypt, an idea comparable to a "soul" or "life force."
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Ba
In ancient Egypt, an idea comparable to a person's personality.
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Mastaba
A trapezoidal tomb structure.
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Mummy
An embalmed body wrapped for burial.
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Mummification
The process of embalming, drying, and preserving a body.
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Ankh
A hieroglyph of a cross topped with a loop; a symbol of life in ancient Egypt.
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Colonnade
A sequence or row of columns supporting a lintel and a roof.
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Pharaoh
A ruler of ancient Egypt.
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Pylon
A massive gateway with sloping walls.
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Hypostyle hall
A vast space filled with columns supporting a roof.
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Capital
The top of a column.
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Sanctuary
The most sacred place of a religious building.
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Votive
A ritual object.
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Pictorial formula
A convention of representation in art.
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Symmetrical
Balanced on the left and right sides.
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Serekh
A hieroglyphic device representing a pharaoh's palace seen simultaneously from above and the front, usually with a falcon on top of it (though not on Narmer's Palette; used to hold the pharaoh's name.
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Phonogram
A pictogram used to represent a sound.
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Hieroglyph
A sign used in hieroglyphic writing; a writing system consisting mainly of pictorial characters.
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Pictogram
A drawing that represents an object or being often combined in hieroglyphic writing to express ideas.
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Determinative
A sign used in Egyptian hieroglyphs to indicate the category of an object or being.
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Obelisk
A square, tapered stone column topped by a pyramid shape.
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