Ancient Egypt Review

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Across
  1. 2. the Egyptian Sun God
  2. 5. the name of the land along the Nile with rich soil.
  3. 7. a four-sided shaft with a pyramid shaped top.
  4. 9. the most important wife of the Pharaoh.
  5. 11. with the body of a lion, this sculpture protected the pyramids.
  6. 12. life that takes place in another world after death
  7. 13. the order of the Egyptian Hierarchy goes like this: pharaoh, nobles, scribes, craftsman, _______________, slaves.
  8. 15. fine soil deposited by a river.
  9. 16. a body that has been dried and preserved so it will not decay.
  10. 17. organs during mummification were placed into these.
  11. 20. Egyptian picture writing.
  12. 21. a paper-like material made from the reed of a plant
  13. 22. the highest ranking person in Egyptian Society.
  14. 24. Howard __________ discovered the tomb of King Tut
  15. 26. a line of rulers from the same family.
  16. 27. a ranking system of people within a society
  17. 29. the area of land near a river's mouth where soil is deposited. It is triangular-shaped.
  18. 30. the river the gave life to the Egyptians.
Down
  1. 1. Three threats to pyramids were animals, floods, and _________ _____________.
  2. 3. good for growing crops
  3. 4. these early Egyptian tombs were simple brick structures with flat roofs.
  4. 6. the material used to dry the body during the mummification process.
  5. 8. a type of fabric woven from the flax plant that was used in mummification.
  6. 10. this was the key to understand hieroglyphics.
  7. 14. a triangle shaped tomb of the pharaohs.
  8. 17. a waterfall
  9. 18. a person whose job it was to write and keep records.
  10. 19. Egyptian form of government
  11. 23. dry, desert lands far away from the banks of the Nile.
  12. 25. the Egyptian God of the Nile
  13. 28. the process that preserved the body after death