Ancient Egypt Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. ornately decorated coffin
  2. 8. a tall, straight, 4-sided shaft with a point on top
  3. 12. fabric made from flax plants
  4. 13. type of bird
  5. 14. box, usually made of wood, that holds a corpse
  6. 15. a building that holds a coffin
  7. 17. pictures that stand for words or sounds
  8. 19. area near a river’s mouth where fine soil is deposited
  9. 20. a structure used as a tomb, triangular sides on a square base
  10. 21. Egyptian word for gold
  11. 23. long streak of a mineral in the ground
  12. 24. body that has been dried so it doesn’t decay quickly
  13. 25. preserve a body after death
Down
  1. 1. waterfall
  2. 2. type of stone used in jewelry (blue)
  3. 3. tool for lifting water
  4. 4. paper like material made from a plant of the same name
  5. 6. life believed to follow death
  6. 7. area of the upper Nile rich in gold
  7. 9. a line of rulers form the same family
  8. 10. fine soil
  9. 11. the order in which members of a royal family inherit the throne
  10. 16. a type of trade with the exchange of goods
  11. 17. spear used in water
  12. 18. King of Egypt, thought to be a god
  13. 22. curved stick used in hunting