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Ancient
adjective · 78% connection
belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "anci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Antiquary
noun · 78% connection
One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Cippus
noun · 78% connection
A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Cleche
adjective · 78% connection
Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Coracle
noun · 78% connection
A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Cuniform
adjective · 78% connection
Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyria…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Curiologic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Date
noun · 78% connection
That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscriptio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Egyptology
noun · 78% connection
The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Enchoric
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Engrave
verb · 78% connection
To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Epigraphy
noun · 78% connection
The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Epitaph
noun · 78% connection
An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Eugubine
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the ancient town of Eugubium (now Gubbio); as, the Eugubine tablets, or tables, or inscriptions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Graffiti
n. pl. · 78% connection
Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Gravestone
noun · 78% connection
A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Hieroglyph
noun · 78% connection
a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
Hieroglyphical
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stone, found, rosetta, egypt, bearing.
