This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Ancient Civilizations has 22 clues. Answers range from 3 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
a shallow and rocky area of a river
the flooding of a river
the mouth of a river, typically leading out to the ocean
a plant which was commonly used for making sandals, baskets and writing materials
a stone coffin which was used for important people, such as the pharaoh, when they died
to preserve a body by embalming and wrapping it in cloth
a large statue of a lion with a human’s head
they believed if they strictly lived this way of life they'd be accepted into the afterlife
Egyptian's built their calendar around the annual floods of the ____ _____
a writing system using picture symbols
a place for the burial of a corpse who is important
a very popular symbol of power which pharaohs sometimes held in drawings of them
this person wrote the inscriptions in the tombs and the temples
this is a large sand stone figure where many pharaohs ordered their bodies to be buried
title of the ancient Egyptian king
a sequence of powerful people in the same family
any supernatural being worshipped, because of the belief of them being in control of something
the present capital city of Egypt
someone owned by a wealthy citizen, who are forced to work
where the pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried
the Southern area of Egypt
the Northern area of Egypt