ANCIENT EGYPTIAN VOCABULARY
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- 5. The methods of embalming or treating the dead body
- 8. A large dung beetle regarded as sacred in Egypt
- 10. of the dead A collection of ancient Egyptian religious and magical texts
- 12. A stylised picture of an object representing a word, syllable or sound
- 14. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant
- 18. A jackal-headed god in Egyptian Mythology
- 19. A building devoted to worship gods
- 20. A high official in some Muslim countries
- 22. A hand operated device for lifting water, invented in ancient times
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- 1. A carved tablet representing a scroll with rolled-up ends
- 2. A tapering stone pillar, set up as a monument
- 3. a stone coffin typically with a sculpture of ancient Egypt on it
- 4. A country, state or territory
- 6. A large vault for burying the dead
- 7. Jar A covered urn used to hold organs from an embalmed body
- 9. A representation of eternal life
- 11. An ancient city in Upper Egypt
- 13. A monumental structure with a square or triangular base
- 15. Life after death
- 16. A person who copies out documents
- 17. A ruler in ancient Egypt
- 21. A small piece of jewellery thought to give protection against evil