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