Egypt 2

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. An ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (7)
  2. 4. The title of the ancient Egyptian kings (7)
  3. 5. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo (4)
  4. 6. A coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt (4)
  5. 8. 100 ___ equal 1 pula in Botswana (plural) (6)
  6. 9. An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean (5)
  7. 13. The largest inland sea (13)
  8. 14. An inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret (6)
  9. 15. A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body (5)

Down

  1. 1. A writing system using picture symbols (plural) (13)
  2. 3. A fertile tract in a desert (5)
  3. 7. A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides (plural) (8)
  4. 8. Pharaoh of Egypt around 1358 BC (11)
  5. 10. A mountain peak in the southern ___ Peninsula (5)
  6. 11. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea (5)
  7. 12. A long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia (6)