Across
- 5. Soil capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops
- 7. Means "wedge-shaped". World's oldest system of writing developed by the Sumerian people of Mesopotamia
- 10. Ancient Egyptian ruler. He was both the head of the state and the religious leader of his people
- 12. A traditional, ancient story that is fictional
- 13. Means "the land between rivers".Situated in the fertile valleys between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- 14. A person that studies documents and objects of the past to learn what happened
- 16. A weed that grew wildly along the banks of the Nile River. A material like paper used by ancient Egyptians to write on
- 17. A shape of a single curve, especially one that is broad in the center and tapers to a point at each end
Down
- 1. The study of the Earth's surface and all life on it
- 2. Means "holy marks". Type of writing that uses symbols or pictures to stand for sounds and words first used by the ancient Egyptians
- 3. The study of what happened in the past
- 4. A person who excavates objects of the ground to learn from them
- 6. The study of objects dug of the ground
- 8. A native of Egypt
- 9. A triangle-shaped area where deposits of sand, clay or silt accumulate
- 11. A person that roams around
- 15. Hand-operated device for lifting water first used by farmers in ancient times