was

1. first-person singular simple past indicative of be.
2. third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
3. (colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
4. second-person singular simple past indicative of be; were.
5. (colloquial) first-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.
6. (colloquial) third-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.

originally

1. As it was in the beginning.
2. In an original manner.

flinders

• Noun

  fragments, splinters

• Verb

Petrie

A surname transferred from the given name.

father

• Noun

  1. A (generally human) male who begets a child.
  2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
  3. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
  4. A term of respectful address for a priest.
  5. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
  6. A pioneering figure in a particular field.
  7. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
  8. Something inanimate that begets.
  9. A member of a church council.
  10. The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.

• Verb

of

• Prep

  1. Expressing distance or motion.
  2. (obsolete) Expressing distance or motion.
  3. Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
  4. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
  5. Expressing separation.
  6. Expressing separation.
  7. (obsolete) Expressing separation.
  8. Expressing origin.
  9. Expressing origin.
  10. Expressing origin.
  11. Expressing origin.
  12. Expressing origin.
  13. Expressing agency.
  14. Expressing agency.
  15. Expressing agency.
  16. Expressing composition, substance.
  17. Expressing composition, substance.
  18. Expressing composition, substance.
  19. Expressing composition, substance.
  20. Expressing composition, substance.
  21. Introducing subject matter.
  22. Introducing subject matter.
  23. Introducing subject matter.
  24. Having partitive effect.
  25. Having partitive effect.
  26. Having partitive effect.
  27. Having partitive effect.
  28. Expressing possession.
  29. Expressing possession.
  30. Expressing possession.
  31. Forming the "objective genitive".
  32. Forming the "objective genitive".
  33. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
  34. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
  35. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
  36. (informal) Expressing qualities or characteristics.
  37. Expressing a point in time.
  38. Expressing a point in time.
  39. Expressing a point in time.
  40. Expressing a point in time.
  41. (informal) Expressing a point in time.

• Verb
• Symbol

modern

• Adj

  1. Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
  2. Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

• Noun

Egyptology

1. The study of ancient Egypt.
2. A work concerning ancient Egypt.