Ancient Egypt

2. Villas had 25-30 rooms whereas normal houses had five
3. They used timber planks and ropes to transport stone for the final level of the structures
6. _ _ _ _ _ _ lived in huge villas along the Nile
8. Wood was not widely _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Ancient Egypt
10. Builders worked upwards during the construction stage and downwards during the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stage
12. Workers may have been paid in _ _ _ _ or clothing
14. Some equipment that they used are _ _ _ _ _ _ _, sickles, winnowing trays, mattock and hoes
15. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ cut the stone into suitable sizes and shapes to fit the columns
16. They had spiral staircases or _ _ _ _ _ _ _
19. The Pyramids took about _ _ _ _ _ _ years to build
20. Rough blocks are _ _ _ _ _ _ away to be dressed
22. They built the Pyramids on the _ _ _ _ side of the Nile
23. Houses were made of _ _ _ dried mud bricks and stone

1. Each door was built about 4 _ _ _ _ off the ground to reduce the amount of sand and dust
4. As the years went by, these temples became buried under _ _ _ _ _ _ and sand
5. The Pyramids were the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tombs
7. The sides of the Pyramids once had an outer layer of polished white _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9. There were only _ _ _ _ shifts a day
11. Sometimes there were small _ _ _ _ _ _ stools, or a _ _ _ _ _ _ bed with string pulled across it to make a mattress
13. Ancient temples were painted in _ _ _ _ _ _ colours, built of mud brick and had walls plastered with paintings and hieroglyphics
17. The _ _ _ _ _ _ was built to guard the Pyramids
18. There were woven mats made of straw as carpets on the dirt or _ _ _ _ floor
19. Historians believe workers were forced to build the Pyramids to pay their _ _ _ _ _
21. Homes had front and back _ _ _ _ _