Across
- 5. a combination of minerals which metals can be made
- 6. woven cloth
- 7. a life that some people believe begins when a person dies
- 11. a person who is trained in writing
- 12. a person who rules for a king/queen who is too young
- 13. soil the hot sand of the Egyptian desert
- 14. a bucket attached to a long pole used to move water for irrigation
- 20. the worshipping of only one God
- 22. government officials
- 25. a family of rulers
- 28. dangerous, fast-moving waters
- 29. huge, 3-D triangular shaped tombs for the Egyptian pharaohs
Down
- 1. monarchy a government in which the ruler has total power
- 2. a fan shaped area of rich soil at the mouth of a river
- 3. the worshipping of many gods
- 4. cutting down almost all the trees in an area
- 8. the study of the sun, moon, stars and planets
- 9. super super dry
- 10. the process of preparing a body for burial
- 15. an agricultural society
- 16. rich black Egyptian soil
- 17. land turning to desert due to lack of trees
- 18. an Egyptian king or queen
- 19. Egyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words
- 21. Stone a huge slab found in 1799 which had hieroglyphics and Greek writing
- 23. a building for storing grain
- 24. a government run by a religious leader
- 26. grassy plains that stretch across Africa
- 27. a wild reed plant along the Nile from which "paper" was made