Seven Ancient Wonders of the World

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Shiny yellow metal used in jewelry (4)
  2. 4. A hard smooth ___ colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (5)
  3. 6. A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex (7)
  4. 7. An Asian river (6)
  5. 9. The chief port of Egypt (10)
  6. 11. The virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon (7)
  7. 13. Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful (8)
  8. 14. Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity (6)
  9. 15. A place for the burial of a corpse (4)
  10. 16. A sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement within the Earth. (10)

Down

  1. 1. An alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements (6)
  2. 3. The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country (8)
  3. 5. The supreme god of ancient Greek mythology (4)
  4. 8. A plot of ground where plants are cultivated (plural) (7)
  5. 10. A tower with a ___ that gives warning of shoals to passing ships (10)
  6. 12. A river in southwestern Asia (9)