Egypt - Unit 2

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Across
  1. 4. A picture represents a word, which represents a sound
  2. 8. The annual flooding of the Nile River, occurring from June to September
  3. 10. tombs built for pharaohs to ensure immortality
  4. 12. The process of preserving corpses.
  5. 14. The dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.
  6. 15. Serving as both feared predators and worshipped symbols of fertility and power, embodied by the deity Sobek, the god of the Nile, fertility, and military strength. (Many were mummified)
  7. 17. Renaissance man, Vizier, Architect, Doctor
  8. 18. The ___, a major, river in Northeast Africa, historically recognized as one of the world's longest
  9. 19. a formal writing system Ancient Egyptians used
  10. 20. Worked the fields of Pharaoh, Nobles and Priests
Down
  1. 1. ___ jars specialized vessels used in ancient Egyptian mummification to store and protect the internal organs of the deceased for the afterlife
  2. 2. a pharaoh also known as Amenhotep IV
  3. 3. Each of the sacred unit fractions is attributed to the six parts of the eye of ___
  4. 5. a major ancient Egyptian deity known as the god of the afterlife, the dead, fertility, and agriculture
  5. 6. Head of the government & treasurer, "Right Hand Man”
  6. 7. Ruler in Ancient Egypt
  7. 9. a naturally occurring salt mixture, harvested from Egyptian dry lake beds
  8. 11. Educated writer who recorded laws and trade
  9. 13. 1st Pharaoh of the United Kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt
  10. 16. They are pictures that express a particular idea