Across
- 1. a large scarabaeid beetle
- 3. hand-operated device for lifting things
- 4. Greek Mythology creature with a lions body and a women's head
- 6. first historical document in the world
- 8. a ruler in ancient Egypt
- 11. a pharaoh wrapped in bandages
- 13. a person who copies out documents
- 14. writing or hieroglyphics used by priests; Egyptian styles of art be religious tradition
- 15. longest river in the world, located in Africa
- 16. a fertile place in a desert that has plants and water
Down
- 2. proved to be key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics
- 3. a stone coffin
- 5. Egyptian writing made with symbols
- 7. triangular structure, royal tomb made of stone
- 9. a type of Greek writing and speech; cursive form of Egyptian scrict
- 10. paper material from a water plant used to write on
- 12. a fabric woven from a flax plant; popular plant in Egypt
- 17. a season when the Nile floods