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• Decipher
  ...ient languages, where the language is [[unknown]], or [[knowledge]] of the language has been lost. *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs Egyptian hieroglyphs]
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• Corpora
  A corpus may contain texts in a single language (monolingual corpus) or text data in multiple languages (multilingual corpu ...(base) form of each word. When the language of the corpus is not a working language of the researchers who use it, interlinear glossing is usedto make the anno
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• Oxford Companion to World Mythology
  ...ends). The Companion locates myth firmly in our lives today by exploring [[language]] [[pattern]]s, [[psychology]], [[religion]], [[politics]], [[art]], and [[
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• Corpus
  A corpus may contain texts in a single [[language]] (monolingual corpus) or text [[data]] in multiple languages (multilingual ...(base) form of each word. When the language of the corpus is not a working language of the researchers who use it, interlinear glossing is used to make the ann
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• Scripture
  ...ng Company, 2004, Donald B. Redford. ''The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion.'' Oxford University Press, 2002) # G. A. Gaskell. Egyptian Scriptures Interpreted Through the Language of Symbolism Present in All Inspired Writings. Kessinger Publishing Company
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• Seth
  ...ms]], [[Darkness]], and [[Chaos]]. Because of developments in the Egyptian language over the 3,000 years that Set was [[worshipped]], it was spelled in Greek a
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• Philology
  ...o understand a language, philology seeks to understand the origins of that language, and so it is often defined as "the study of ancient [[writing|text]]s and ...thors, and [[critical theory|critical traditions]] associated with a given language.
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• Ideograph
  ...nd other [[environments]] where many people may not be familiar with the [[language]] of the place they are in, as well as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabi ...]] [[systems]] such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs Egyptian hieroglyphs], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_cuneiform Sumerian cu
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• Sumer
  ...t leading to the Akkadian term ''šumerû'' is uncertain. Hebrew ''Shinar'', Egyptian Sngr, and Hittite Šanhar(a), all referring to southern Mesopotamia, could ...le who spoke the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_language Sumerian language] (pointing to the names of cities, rivers, basic occupations, etc., as evid
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• Papyrus
  ...3 at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadi_al-Jarf Wadi al-Jarf], an ancient Egyptian harbor located on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea Red Sea] coast
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• Systems Theory
  ...[[cuneiform]] to [[Mayan]] numerals, or the feats of engineering with the Egyptian [[pyramids]], systems [[thinking]] in [[essence]] dates back to antiquity. ...the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Systems_Language Energy Systems Language]. Between 1929-1951, Robert Maynard Hutchins at the University of Chicago h
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• Words
  A '''word''' is a unit of [[language]] that represents a [[concepts|concept]] which can be expressively [[commun ...m and zero or more affixes. Words can be combined to create other units of language such as phrases, clauses, and sentences. A word consisting of two or more s
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• Literature
  ...t]] composed of letters, or other examples of symbolic written language ([[Egyptian hieroglyphs]], for example). An even more narrow interpretation is that tex
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• Deity
  Beginning with Djedefra (26th century BC), the Egyptian [[pharaoh]]s called themselves "Son of [[Ra]]" as well as "Bull (son) of hi ...[monotheistic]] and assert the existence of a unique deity. In the English language, the [[common noun]] ''god'' is equivalent to ''deity'', while ''[[God]]''
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• Names
  ...kespeare]] as "The Bard", recognizing him as a [[paragon]] writer of the [[language]]. Finally, claims to preference or [[authority]] can be refuted: the Briti ...atin nomen, and Greek ὄνομα (onoma), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE): *nomn-.[2]
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• Philistine
  ...s been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words (See [[Philistine language]]). ...udges 14:3)."people of P'lesheth" ("Philistia"); cf. Akkadian ''Palastu'', Egyptian ''Palusata''; the word probably is the people's name for itself. [https://w
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• Geometry
  ...s of mathematics, such as algebra or number theory. However, the geometric language is also used in contexts that are far removed from its traditional, Euclide ...ronomy]], and various crafts. The earliest known texts on geometry are the Egyptian ''Rhind Papyrus'' and ''Moscow Papyrus'', the Babylonian clay tablets, and
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• Amen
  ...tianity is the conjecture that ''amen'' is a derivative of the name of the Egyptian god [[Amun]] (which is sometimes also spelled ''Amen'').[https://www.theos # "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition.". https://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/S12.html. Retrieved on
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• 1991-12-25-The Jesus Family
  ...times seems silly -- to the point of ridiculous -- to pursue [[Chinese]] [[language]] and [[culture]] [[study]] in your present geographic situation, that is e ...ries]] from [[memory]]. She used to take him out onto the rooftop of their Egyptian apartment and show him the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_sky night s
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• Narrative
  ...''" or "'''skilled'''". (Ultimately derived from the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] root ''gnō-'', "to know".[https://www.bartleby.com/6 Stories are of ancient origin, existing in ancient Egyptian, Greek, Chinese and Indian [[culture]]s. Stories are also a ubiquitous com
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