Egyptian Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 9. A river that was depended on for agriculture, and often flooded.
  2. 10. Known as the first female king, leading peace and prosper for Egypt.
  3. 14. A process that took seventy days to perserve, mourn, and worship a body. It was also known as a burial practice.
  4. 17. The last (female) independent ruler of Egypt, and commited suicide.
  5. 19. A process that naturally perserves the body by rapid drying in the desert sands.
  6. 21. Any king or rule during any period of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom.
  7. 22. Mastabas placed oon top of one another.
  8. 24. United upper and lower Egypt during the beginning of the New Kingdom and founded Memphis.
  9. 25. Jars Jars that stored internal organs during mummification and were protected by gods.
  10. 26. Age A nickname that was given to the New Kingdom.
  11. 28. People who recorded the deeds of the Pharaoh, they also kept stocks of suppliers.
  12. 29. A fierce ruler that built the pyramids and sold his daughter into prostitution
  13. 30. This suprior army took over Eygpt with advanced technology in weapons during the Middle Kingdom.
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  1. 1. These giant blocks of stone were used to build the Great Pyramid of Giza.
  2. 2. of Eygpt A nickname given to Tuthmosis III during his military campaigns.
  3. 3. King Menes first united Eygpt in in an era that lasted 3100 BCE - 2700 BCE. A double crown was represented for unity.
  4. 4. One of the most earliest forms of writing, which evolved from Mesopotamia's cuneiform. It essentially a series of pictographs.
  5. 5. Became a Pharaoh at the ate of eight and restored traditional Egyptian religion after his father, Tutankhanun.
  6. 6. An individual whose life was recorded although he was not famous, but he contributing greatly to Egyptian society (during the Old Kingdom) by founding the Eygptian system of medicine, and was the architect who designed and supervised the construction of the world's first stone building and pyramids.
  7. 7. Was the god of the dead before Osiris and the guide of the afterlife and had the head of a jackal.
  8. 8. A place Egyptian believed the dead went to after dying, Buried with personal possessions to with into the afterlife.
  9. 11. Predecessor of Old Kingdom
  10. 12. An ancient Egyptian tomb with a rectangular base, sloping sides, and a flat roof.
  11. 13. - Between 2600 - 2500 BCE these giant structures were built for a Pharaoh's tomb.
  12. 15. Became the rulers of the Middle Kingdom, they moved the capitol to Memphis.
  13. 16. After Tutankhanun, this Pharaoh ruled Egypt for 67 years, also building more buildings and colossal statues then any other Egyptian King.
  14. 18. A Pharaoh who did not follow traditional Egpytian leadership and chose to force his own religion amongst others.
  15. 20. A natural salt used to dry out a body during mummification.
  16. 23. Sun god and chief god of Eyptian Pantheon.
  17. 27. A city build by King Menes during the New Kingdom.