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Hieroglyphics: ssystem of writing developed by Egyptian priests
Nile River: longest river in the world
Theocracy: a government where a religious leader rules the state as god's representative
AmonoRe: the sun-god
Cleopatra: last pharoah
Polytheism: belief in many gods
Hatsheput: a female pharoah who gained the throne in coup
Papyrus: a reed plant growing along the Nile's marshy shores which is used in making papers
Mummification: a method to preservethe human body after death
Akhenaton: Amenhotep changed his name to _______ which means "pleasing to Aton"
Pharoah: "great house"
Champollion: a French scholer who deciphered the Rosetta stone
Menes: first pharoah
Empire: a government that rules over a group of countires
Imhotep: the chief minister who designed the Step Pyramid
Step Pyramid: one of the world's oldest structural stone
Hyksos: a nomadic invader from Western Asia who conquered Egypt
Osiris: the god of the Nile
Cheops: he built the biggest and most enduring pyramid
Tutankhaton: son-in-law of Amenhotep who inherited the throne when he was only eight years old
Across:2. | "great house" | 4. | Amenhotep changed his name to _______ which means "pleasing to Aton" | 6. | longest river in the world | 8. | one of the world's oldest structural stone | 12. | a female pharoah who gained the throne in coup |
| 14. | first pharoah | 17. | last pharoah | 18. | belief in many gods | 19. | a nomadic invader from Western Asia who conquered Egypt |
| | Down:1. | a government that rules over a group of countires | 3. | the god of the Nile | 4. | the sun-god | 5. | a reed plant growing along the Nile's marshy shores which is used in making papers | 7. | the chief minister who designed the Step Pyramid | 9. | a method to preservethe human body after death |
| 10. | son-in-law of Amenhotep who inherited the throne when he was only eight years old | 11. | he built the biggest and most enduring pyramid | 13. | ssystem of writing developed by Egyptian priests | 15. | a government where a religious leader rules the state as god's representative | 16. | a French scholer who deciphered the Rosetta stone |
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Across:2. | "great house" | 4. | Amenhotep changed his name to _______ which means "pleasing to Aton" | 6. | longest river in the world | 8. | one of the world's oldest structural stone | 12. | a female pharoah who gained the throne in coup |
| 14. | first pharoah | 17. | last pharoah | 18. | belief in many gods | 19. | a nomadic invader from Western Asia who conquered Egypt |
| | Down:1. | a government that rules over a group of countires | 3. | the god of the Nile | 4. | the sun-god | 5. | a reed plant growing along the Nile's marshy shores which is used in making papers | 7. | the chief minister who designed the Step Pyramid | 9. | a method to preservethe human body after death |
| 10. | son-in-law of Amenhotep who inherited the throne when he was only eight years old | 11. | he built the biggest and most enduring pyramid | 13. | ssystem of writing developed by Egyptian priests | 15. | a government where a religious leader rules the state as god's representative | 16. | a French scholer who deciphered the Rosetta stone |
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© 2012
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