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gods and goddesses Flashcards

1
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Osiris

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death / underworld + fertility

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Ra

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sun god

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Isis

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protecting the needy

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Thoth

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writing & knowledge

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Horus

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the sky & protector /ruler of Egypt every Pharaoh

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Sekhmet

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War

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Nut & Geb

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Sky & Earth

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Anubis

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Dead and embalming mummification

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9
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Basest Bast

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protection joy love pregnancy women childbirth

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Amun

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king of gods

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11
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Hathor

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dancing joy music

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12
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Heket

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childbirth

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13
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Maat

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truth justice

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14
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what crops did they grow

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grain vegetable fruit

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15
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where did they grow their crops

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banks of the Nile in rich black fertile soil Kemet

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16
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how many seasons

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3 Akhet Peret Shemu

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17
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what were the 2 main farming seasons

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growing and harvesting

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18
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how was the corn harvested

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sharp sickle to cut , cattle to trample and breeze to remove chaff

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19
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what was the flooding season

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between July and october

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20
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what farming tools did they use

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hoes, rakes, sickles & plough

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21
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how did they water their crops

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mud brick reservoirs trapped water

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22
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how did they lift water from the canals

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shaduf

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23
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what animals did they have

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animals important - pigs, goats, cows, ducks and geese

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24
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what other jobs did the peasants do

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hunted antelope and fished in Nile

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25
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what else did they use the Nile for

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shipping & transport water sports warships bathing

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26
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name 4 types of boats

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early, cargo, wooden and funeral

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27
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what did they use to help the boats travel

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sails and oars

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28
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name 4 types of houses

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reed, mud, merchant, stone

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29
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what did they trade

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papyrus, linen, gold, lapis lazuli, cedar wood

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30
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who used donkeys

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farmers

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31
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how did the traders move their goods once off the river

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foot, camel and carts

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32
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where did the merchants stand in social standard

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just below the scribes so high status

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33
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who was the boy pharaoh

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Tutt

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34
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how do we know when King Tutt died

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bottle of sealed wine with its vintage year on it

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35
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where was King Tutt buried

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non royal tomb in valley of kings

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36
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when was it discovered

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1922

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37
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how many coffins were in King Tutts sarcophagus

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3 - the outer 2 were made of wood covered in semi precious stones the third coffin was solid gold

38
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what was buried with King Tutt

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over 3000 artefacts richly decorated in gold and a deathmask

39
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which organ was the most important

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the heart

40
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what were the special jars called used to store organs

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canopic

41
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name and describe a god on a canopic jar

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Hapy, Duamutef, Imset & Qebehsenuef

42
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what are the gifts of the Nile?

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Water, food, transport and fertile soil

43
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what was crops of papyrus used for

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fabrics ropes boats boxes and paper

44
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what was surplus crops used for

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trading N & E Africa & M East & to store to avoid famine

45
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why did they believe the Nile was a gift from the Gods

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runs through a desert bringing water to 11 countries

46
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what did they use to measure the amount of water brought by the floods

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Nilometer

47
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how long did the Egyptian civilization last for

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over 3000 years

48
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how did the Egyptians & Nile survive & thrive so well together

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successful management system

49
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what would happen if there was too much or too little water from the Nile

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Floods or Famine

50
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what did the careful study of the Nile lead to

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dividing the year into 12 months and 365 days

51
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where is the Nile found

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Africa

52
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What other river shares the title of Longest river with the Nile

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Amazon river

53
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where is the source believed to be

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Lake Victoria

54
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what is found at the end of the Nile

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a delta rich in wildlife before flowing into the Mediterranean sea

55
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name 2 major tributaries of the Nile

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The Blue Nile and the Nile river

56
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name some African countries it flows through

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Sudan Eqypt Ethiopia Kenya

57
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what did the women do

A

farming childcare weaving

58
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what did the men

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farming pottery builders

59
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why did most men have 2 jobs

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to be able to pay the taxes to pharaoh

60
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who translated the Rosetta stone

A

Jean Champollion

61
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what languages were on the Rosetta stone

A

hieroglyphics demotic greek

62
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name 3 countries where Lake Victoria can be found

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Kenya Democratic republic of Congo Tanzania

63
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what type of river mouth does the Nile end in

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delta

64
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where does the river Nile have in its mouth

A

Mediterranean sea

65
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the what of the river is found in the mountain

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source

66
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what is another name for a small river

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a stream

67
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what is a tributary

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a stream that flows into a bigger river

68
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which direction do rivers always flow in

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downhill

69
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what do we call a delta

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when a river breaks into small fan shaped streams before entering sea

70
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what do we call the point of where the river flows into the stream

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the mouth

71
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what do we call it when a river twists and turns

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meandering

72
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name the 3 parts a river consists of

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source the mouth and the middle course

73
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what does the river often form before flowing into the sea

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deltas, lagoons or a estuary

74
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what is the difference between, delta, lagoon, estuary

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body of water made up of smaller branches, big body of water, one branch of water

75
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what is senet

A

Egyptian board game between good and evil

76
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how did Tutt die

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broken leg, malaria, beaten to death probably infection

77
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when was he born and when did he die

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born Egypt 1346 BCE died 1323 BCE

78
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who was his Dad

A

Akhenaten

79
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how old was he when he became King

A

9 in 1337 BCE

80
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why is King Tutt so famous

A

his whole tomb was discovered intact with all its treasures

81
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which dynasty did King Tutt reign in

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18th Dynasty

82
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who did King Tutt marry

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his half Sister Ankhesenamun

83
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why was king tutts tomb so modest

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he died unexpectedly & that tomb was free

84
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name another famous pharaoh buried in the valley of Kings

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Ramesses

85
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who organized King Tutts burial

A

Aly, who succeeded King Tutt

86
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how was King Tutt mummified

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wrapped in bandages with special ointments

87
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why were artefacts buried with the pharaoh

A

believed he needed them in the afterlife

88
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what was Howard Carter

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painter, artist & Eqyptologist who studied Eqyptian art

89
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name 5 jobs Ancient Egyptians did

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barber, silversmith, merchants, statue maker, brickmaker

90
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why did a statue maker need to know hieroglypics

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engrave the statues

91
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what is a quarryman

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works in a quarry digging up stones from the mountain

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Egyptian Artifacts (2 decks)

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