6th Lesson 17 Vocabulary

experts who study artifacts to learn about the human cultures who made them

• excavate

• elaborate

• mythical

• archaeologists

to remove by digging

• excavate

• elaborate

• distinct

• precede

to come before; in order or time

• dignified

• precede

• temperatments

• replicas

shining; gleaming

• mythical

• distinct

• lustrous

• archaeologists

duplicates or copies of works of art

• mythical

• elaborate

• distinct

• replicas

imaginary; relating to myths

• dignified

• elaborate

• mythical

• excavate

calm, proud, and stately

• lustrous

• dignified

• elaborate

• excavate

worked out in great detail; complex

• elaborate

• dignified

• replicas

• precede

the mental, physical, and emotional traits of people

• archaeologists

• excavate

• replicas

• temperaments

clearly different; easily told apart

• replicas

• elaborate

• distinct

• excavate