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Across
- 5. title of an ancient Egyptian king
- 8. the sand dune fields that are often depicted in movies
- 10. Vanquisher,” “the Conqueror,” or “victorious.”
- 11. a massive structure built especially in ancient Egypt that usually has a square base and four triangular sides meeting at a point
- 13. when the sediment-rich river empties into a protected area, behind a reef, barrier island, seasonal sea ice, or into a small body of water, such as a gulf or sound
- 14. of blood
- 15. a succession of rulers of the same line of descent
- 16. support invented by the ancient Egyptians
Down
- 1. river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean
- 2. carving
- 3. creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human
- 4. a coffin for inhumation burials
- 6. long narrow sea between Arabia and NE Africa, linked with the Mediterranean in the north by the Suez Canal and with the Indian Ocean in the south
- 7. or capable of producing offspring or fruit
- 9. natural channel/s which has/have been formed by a river and its tributaries
- 12. a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial