Across
- 4. Early rectangular Egyptian tomb structure with sloping sides that predated the stepped and true pyramids.
- 6. Architectural interior featuring a roof supported by a dense grid of tall columns.
- 9. An upright carved stone slab used to mark a site, grave, or legal record.
- 11. Ceremonial slate object depicting the military conquest and unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.
- 13. Winged, human-headed guardian figure designed to protect Neo-Assyrian citadel gates.
- 14. The monumental audience hall in the Persian palace complex at Persepolis, supported by 72 columns.
- 15. Female pharaoh whose monumental mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri legitimized her royal authority through art and architecture.
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- 1. High-ranking non-royal official depicted realistically with a relaxed belly and papyrus roll rather than an idealized physique.
- 2. Object against which a deceased person's heart is weighed during judgment in the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
- 3. Ancient Egyptian concept of the human soul that requires a preserved physical vessel to live on after death.
- 5. A stepped and raised platform that lifts a Mesopotamian temple toward the heavens.
- 7. Mesopotamian sun god depicted handing symbols of kingship and authority to Hammurabi.
- 8. New Kingdom artistic period under Akhenaten defined by elongated, softer forms and informal domestic scenes.
- 10. Architectural arrangement where central columns are built taller than outer ones, allowing natural light to filter into an interior hypostyle hall.
- 11. Massive gateway with sloping walls marking the entrance to an Egyptian temple complex.
- 12. Ancient writing system composed of wedge-shaped characters, used on the Code of Hammurabi.
- 16. Religious belief present in Mesopotamia holding that volatile natural forces are controlled by deities.