Pyramids on the Nile crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Egyptians found a better writing surface called.
  2. 6. sacred carving.
  3. 7. about 100 miles before the river enters the Mediterranean.
  4. 8. involves embalming and drying the corpse to prevent it from decaying.
  5. 10. a country linking northeast Africa with the middle east.
Down
  1. 1. Were thought to be almost as splendid and powerful as the gods in the heavens.
  2. 3. the resting place after death was an immense structure called.
  3. 4. this type of government in which rule is based on religious authority.
  4. 5. Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the early Dynastic Period.
  5. 9. river that flows from south to north through eastern Africa.