| Term | Definition |
| ancient | of times long past |
| link | anything that joins or connects, as a loop of a chain does |
| scholars | learned people; people having much knowledge |
| seeker | one who tries to find; one who searches |
| temple | building used for the service or worship of God or gods |
| translate | to change from one language into another |
| (triumph) | victory; success |
| uncover | to make known; reveal; expose |
| decipher | to change something in cipher or code to ordinary language; decode |
| hieroglyphs | pictures, characters, or symbols standing for words, ideas, or sounds; ancient Egyptians used instead of an alphabet like ours |
| spellbound | too interested to move; fascinated |