Ancient Egypt

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Across
  1. 2. Sometimes there were small _ _ _ _ _ _ stools, or a _ _ _ _ _ _ bed with string pulled across it to make a mattress
  2. 4. Ancient temples were painted in _ _ _ _ _ _ colours, built of mud brick and had walls plastered with paintings and hieroglyphics
  3. 6. They built the pyramids on the _ _ _ _ side of the Nile
  4. 7. Some equipment that they used are _ _ _ _ _ _ _, sickles, winnowing trays, mattock and hoes.
  5. 11. The _ _ _ _ _ _ were built to guard the pyramids
  6. 14. Historians believed workers were forced to build the pyramids to pay their _ _ _ _ _
  7. 15. The Pyramids took about _ _ _ _ _ _ year to build
  8. 16. Each door was built about 4 _ _ _ _ of the ground to reduce the amount of sand and dust
  9. 17. Builders worked upwards during the construction stage and downwards during the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ phase
  10. 19. They had spiral staircases or _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  11. 22. As the years went by, these temples became buried under _ _ _ _ _ _ and sand
  12. 23. Houses were made of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ mud bricks and stone
  13. 24. Most stone was made of _ _ _ dried brick
Down
  1. 1. Homes had front and back _ _ _ _ _
  2. 3. _ _ _ _ _ _ lived in huge villas along the Nile
  3. 5. Rough blocks are _ _ _ _ _ _ away to be dressed and the Egyptians made good use of the Nile river by sending stone blocks downstream for construction.
  4. 8. The sides of the pyramids once had an outer layer of polished white _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  5. 9. Villas had 25 rooms whereas normal houses had _ _ _ _
  6. 10. There were woven mats made of straw as carpets on the dirt or _ _ _ _ floor
  7. 12. The pyramids were the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tombs
  8. 13. Workers may have been payed in _ _ _ _ or clothing
  9. 15. They used _ _ _ _ _ _ planks to and ropes to transport stone for the final level of the structures
  10. 18. Wood was not widely _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in ancient Egypt
  11. 20. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ cut the stone into suitable sizes and shapes for the columns.
  12. 21. There were only _ _ _ _ shifts a day