Ch. 3, Ancient Egypt Key Terms

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Across
  1. 2. wedge shaped writing
  2. 5. a huge building with four sloping, triangular sides
  3. 6. the title of the kings of Egypt
  4. 9. someone who makes their living by writing
  5. 10. the person who rules for a king who is to young to rule on their own
  6. 15. a market for merchants to sell their goods
  7. 17. a ruling family or line of kings
  8. 18. life after death
  9. 19. a paper made from marsh reeds
Down
  1. 1. a dead body preserved in a life-like condition
  2. 3. the process of preparing a corpse to be a mummy
  3. 4. the mineral rich soil which is carried by rivers
  4. 7. "priest writing" pictures and symbols representing ideas
  5. 8. a waterfall or region of rocky rapids
  6. 11. The region south Egypt in modern day Sudan
  7. 12. an ancient city in Egypt, site of King Khufu's Great Pyramid
  8. 13. a region where rivers split into swamps as they approach the sea
  9. 14. a written set of laws
  10. 16. someone who studies the stars