Ancient Egypt

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon (5)
  2. 5. Study of what happened in the past (7)
  3. 8. The world's longest river (4)
  4. 9. A writing system using picture symbols (plural) (13)
  5. 12. The ancient and now extinct language of ___ under the Pharaohs (plural) (9)
  6. 15. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo (4)
  7. 16. An inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret (6)

Down

  1. 1. Delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration (9)
  2. 2. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave (6)
  3. 4. A society in an advanced state of social development (12)
  4. 6. A person who ___ or commands (5)
  5. 7. Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam (5)
  6. 10. Informal terms for a mother (5)
  7. 11. A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body (5)
  8. 13. The creator and ruler worshipped in many faiths (3)
  9. 14. A very old person (7)