Egypt

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Country with pyramids and the Nile (5)
  2. 4. To preserve a dead body (9)
  3. 5. A sculpture created by removing material in order to create a desired shape (plural) (8)
  4. 6. A place for the burial of a corpse (4)
  5. 7. A person who operates a farm (plural) (7)
  6. 9. A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides (plural) (8)
  7. 11. A writing system using picture symbols (plural) (13)
  8. 13. Pharaoh of Egypt around 1358 BC (11)
  9. 15. Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead (6)

Down

  1. 2. The activity of protecting something from loss or danger (12)
  2. 3. French playwright (plural) (7)
  3. 6. Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity (plural) (7)
  4. 8. The creator and ruler worshipped in many faiths (plural) (4)
  5. 10. A society in an advanced state of social development (12)
  6. 12. A sculpture representing a human or animal (plural) (7)
  7. 14. The Pakistan intelligence agency (plural) (4)