Attribute: symbol used to identify a specific character or individual in art.

Block statue: solid figure generally carved in the form of a cube.

Cartonnage: (car-TON-edge) A combination of plaster, linen, papyrus, and other pliable materials used for the manufacture of sarcophagi and mummy masks

Cartouche: (car-TOOSH) An ellipse found in reliefs, paintings, sculpture, and papyri encircling certain royal names of Egyptian kings.

Cataracts: The six white-water regions or rapids of the Nile River.

Composition: The organization of elements of a work of art.

Hieroglyphics: (high-row-GLIFF-fix) ancient Egyptian form of writing using both phonograms (symbols of sounds) and ideograms (symbols of concepts).

Ka: (KAH) The ancient Egyptian term for a spiritual essence, which existed alongside human form and yet maintained individuality.

Ma’at: (mah-aht) The spiritual ideal of cosmic harmony, justice, order, and peace.

Medu netcher: (MEH-doo NEH-chair) ancient Egyptian term for hieroglyphics, literally meaning "the words of the gods."

Netcher: (NEH-chair) hieroglyphic character of a seated, bearded man, meaning "seated god."

Papyrus: (pa-PIE-russ) A plant once common throughout the Nile, now rare, used to make sheets for religious documents and texts.

Phonogram: picture or sign used to represent a specific sound in a language.

Sitepehu: (she–tep-HU) an Overseer of Priests during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut (hop-shet-SOOT).

Symmetrical: Equivalence between parts of a thing, which creates a sense of balance and order.