| egyptology | the study of ancient Egypt and Egyptian antiquitie, as well as its geography |
| sphinx | a mythological Egyptian beast with a lion body and a human head |
| palette | a stone slab with a circular depression used for preparing makeup |
| necropolis | "city of the dead"a large burial area or cemetary |
| fluting | vertical channeling, roughly semicircular in cross-section, and used principally on columns and pilasters |
| nemes | the linen headdress worn by the pharaoh |
| faience | decorated, glazed earthenware |
| pharaoh | the title of the ancient Egyptian kings |
| hieroglyphics | a system of writing using symbols or pictures |
| mastaba | an ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft, an egaged column is a half column attached to a wall |
| column | a verticle, weight-carrying archtectural member, circular in cross-section and consisting of a base, shaft, and capitals |
| capital | the uppermost member of a column, serving as a transition from the shaft to the lintel |
| uraeus | the royal cobra found on the nemes |
| canon | a rule of proportions |
| hypostyle hall | a hall with roof supported by columns |
| gold leaf | gold beaten into an extremely thin sheet used for gilding |
| pyramid | a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb |
| conceptual view | shows all important parts, represents what is know to be true of the subject |
| optical view | how something would actually stand in space, a random view of it |