Across
- 6. Large stone tablet that is considered the first biblical mention of the nation
- 8. Home to the earliest civilizations due to its fertile soil
- 11. An Ancient Egyptian way of writing that used picture-like symbols
- 14. Also known as the New Stone Age
- 15. Study of the past and artifacts
- 16. Oldest city and first wall city in the world
- 18. Stele dates back to 9th century BCE that highlights Mesha's achievements
- 20. One of the most important discoveries from the Ain Ghazal site
Down
- 1. The period that the Ain Ghazal was the center of, revealed many insights into early agricultural societies
- 2. Largest Neolithic settlement in the world along the Jordan river
- 3. The type of people that used Hieroglyphics
- 4. Jericho's first defense system made of stone
- 5. Was the key to deciphering hieroglyphics and unlocking Egyptian history
- 7. Constantly shapes our views and understanding of the past
- 9. The shape that the Fertile Crescent is named after
- 10. A mound that provides insight into Jericho's history
- 12. Earliest form of writing that used symbols as concepts or ideas
- 13. The present-day place where the Mesha Inscription was found
- 17. The Rosetta Stone contained the same inscription in Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and ____
- 19. What archaeology gives context to in the Bible
