Ancient Eygpt

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground (4)
  2. 6. The ancient Canaanitic language of the ___ that has been revived as the official language (plural) (7)
  3. 7. The configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features (10)
  4. 12. The world's longest ___ (9)
  5. 13. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons (plural) (6)
  6. 15. French playwright (plural) (7)
  7. 16. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo (4)

Down

  1. 1. Paper made from the ___ plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat (7)
  2. 2. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC (6)
  3. 4. The title of the ancient Egyptian kings (7)
  4. 5. To preserve a dead body (9)
  5. 8. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top (plural) (8)
  6. 9. A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides (plural) (8)
  7. 10. A long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia (6)
  8. 11. Dry land with very little rain (6)
  9. 14. Mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake (4)