hieroglyphics
myrrh
fundamentalist
to change from one thing to another, usually regarding religion
Rosetta Stone
the chief Muslim government and religious leader
a person who believes in the strict interpretation of religious laws
the belief in one god
monotheism
caliph
couscous
a stone slab, found in 1799, that made it possible to decode ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
a small, round grain used in North African and Middle Eastern cooking
the title given to a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt
convert
pharaoh
the system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words
a sweet perfume used as medicine in ancient times
