Ancient Egypt

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