ancient egypt
Across
- 1. the ruler of Egypt
- 7. tapered monolithic pillar, originally erected in pairs at the entrances of ancient Egyptian temples
- 9. hieroglyphic symbol of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh
- 10. a stone coffin used in ancient times
- 11. a group of eight
- 12. the official worship of the gods and in commemoration of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt
- 16. a line of hereditary rulers
- 18. the goddess of fertility
- 19. the realm of the dead in ancient Egyptian mythology.
- 20. a large ancient statue of a creature with a human head and a lion's body that stands near the pyramids in Egypt.
- 21. a god responsible for all life on earth, in heaven and in the Tuat (underworld).
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- 2. a small object that a person wears, carries, or offers to a deity
- 3. Egyptian queen of the 18th dynasty.
- 4. The Egyptian script that was one of the writing systems used by ancient Egyptians to represent their language.
- 5. extraordinarily great in size, bigger than life size, much larger.
- 6. a coating put over the top of a pyramid
- 8. a large cemetery belonging to an ancient city
- 13. a deceased human or an animal whose skin and organs have been preserved
- 14. a group or set of nine
- 15. the place where the pharaoh and important people were buried
- 17. mined by the ancient Egyptians for use in burial rites.