- Ash:-
- Fine
particles of material matter from a volcanicvent.
- Lava:-
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Molten rock that issues from a volcano, or from a
fissure in the earth's surface; also: such rock that
has cooled and hardened.
- Molten:-
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Fused or liquified by heat.
- Fissure:-
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A splitting or breaking up into parts.
- -Tsunami:-
- A tidal wave caused by a volcano eruption, or an
earthquake.
- Tidal wave:-
- (1)A high wave that sometimes follows a
volcano eruption, or an earthquake.(2)A
great wave along shore, due to exceptionally strong
winds.
- Pyroclastic:-
- A mix of gas and rocks, formed by or involving
fragmentation as a result of volcanic or igneous action.
- Igneous:-
- (1)Of, relating to, or resembling fire.
(2)Relating to, resulting from, or suggestive of the intrusion
of magma or volcanic activity.
- Magma:-
- Molten rock material within the earth, from
which igneous rock results by cooling.
- Dome:-
- An upward fold in rock whose sides dip
uniformly in all directions.
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- Archaeology:-
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The scientific study of material remains (as fossil relics,
artifacts and monuments) of past human life and activities.
- Hieroglyph:-
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Written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing
mainly in pictoral characters.
- Sarcophagus:-
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A stone coffin.
- Amulet:-
- A
charm (as an ornament) usually inscribed with magic symbols,
to protect the wearer against evil.
- Isis:-
- An
Egyptian nature goddess and wife and sister of Osiris.
- Osiris:-
- The
Egyptian god of the underworld and husband and brother
of Isis.
- Serapis:-
-
An Egyptian god combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis;
and having a widespread cult in Ptolemaic Egypt and ancient
Greece.
- APIS:-
- A
sacred bull worshiped by the Egyptians.
- Ptolemaic:-
- Of
or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer who
flourished at Alexandria about A.D. 130.
- Basalt:-
- A
dark fine-grained igneous rock.
- Igneous:-
-
(1)Fiery(2)Formed by solidification of molten rock.
- Molten:-
-
Fused or liquified by heat.
- Granite:-
- A
hard igneous rock that takes a polish, and is used for
building.
- Diaphanous:-
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So fine of texture, as to be transparent.
- Helmsman:-
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The man at the position of control.
- Viper:-
- A
venomous, or reputedly venomous snake.
- Byzantine:-
- A
style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire
especially in the 5th and 6th centuries.
- Islamic:-
- The
system built on Islamic faith.
- Adobe:-
-
Sun-dried bricks made from clay.
- Spindles:-
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A round tapering stick or rod by
which fibers are twisted in spinning.
- Relief:-
-
The elevations of a land surface.
- Necropolis:-
- A
large elaborate cemetery of an ancient city.
- Courtier:-
-
A person in attendance in a royal court.
- Neolithic:-
- (1)
Of or relating to the latest period of the Stone Age,
characterized by polished stone implements. (2)Belonging to
an earlier age, and now outmoded.
- Ceres:-
- The
Roman goddess of agriculture.
- Bronze Age:-
-
The period of ancient human culture characterized by the use
of bronze; that began between 4000 and 3000 B.C., and ended
with the advent of the Iron Age.
- Atreus:-
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A king of Mycenea, and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.
- Mycenea:-
-
An ancient city S Greece in NE Poloponnese.
- Jurassic:-
- Of or pertaining to, or being the period of the Mesozoic
era, between the Triassic and the Cretaceous or the
corresponding system of rocks, marked by the presence of
dinosaurs, and the first appearance of birds.
- Mesozoic:-
-
Of, or pertaining to, or being an era of geological history,
comprising the interval between the Permian and the
Tertiary or the corresponding system of rocks that was marked
by the presence of dinosaurs, marine and flying reptiles,
ammonites, ferns, and gymosperms and the appearance of
angiosperms, mammals and birds.
- Triassic:-
- Of,
or relating to, or being the earliest period of the Mesozoic
era, or the corresponding system of rocks, marked by the first
appearance of the dinosaurs.
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