Across
- 2. borders the Egyptian Desert
- 3. capital of egypt
- 4. a part of the Middle East where some of the world's first civilizations began
- 8. A group of huge monuments in the Egyptian desert, built as burial vaults for the pharaohs
- 9. the heads of state and the religious leaders of their people
- 10. A dead body of a person or an animal that has not decayed
- 12. The Nile River flows until emptying into the Mediterranean Sea
- 13. an important area for trade and international contacts
- 14. A material on which to write
- 15. families who often ruled for a considerable number of years and did impressive things
Down
- 1. A character used in a system of pictorial writing
- 2. a valley formed by flowing water
- 5. Treating the dead body
- 6. separated ancient Egypt from neighboring countries and invading armies
- 7. a creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human
- 11. A coffin or a container to hold a coffin
