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Someone who studies ancient cultures by looking for and examining their buildings, tools, and other objects
Archaeology
The study of ancient cultures by looking for and examining their buildings, tools, and other objects
Archaeology
An object, especially something very old of historical interest
Artefact
If something is compulsory, you must do it because of a rule or law
Compulsory
To arrange something somewhere so that people can see it
Display
A piece of paper with official information
Document
When earth is removed covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past
Excavation
An object such as a painting that is shown to the public
Exhibit
When object such as paintings are shown to the public
Exhibition
Part of an animal or plant from thousands of years ago, preserved in rock
Fossil
A system of writing which uses pictures instead of words, especially used in ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphics
A man of high social rank who fought as a soldier on a house in the past
Knight
To study a subject in denial or to find information about a subject
Research
A weapon with a long sharp metal blade and a handle
Sword
The teaching of one person or of a small group of people
Tuition
To try to do something, especially something difficult
Attempt
A special part of the road on which only buses are allowed to travel
Bus lane
Not producing carbon emisssions
Carbon-neutral
The amount of money you have to pay each day to drive into a city center in order to reduce traffic
Congestion charge
To persuade someone or make them certain
Convince
A subject or problem with people are thinking and talking about
Issue
The outer area of a city or town
Outskirts
Roads and towns where there is too much traffic and movement is made difficult
Traffic congestion
The crime of intentionally damaging things in public places
Vandalism
Something such as a car or bus that takes people from one place to another, especially using roads
Vehicle
