This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 10 clues. Answers range from 2 to 14 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
For the Egyptians, the practice of astronomy went beyond legend: huge temples and pyramids were built to have a certain ____ orientation
Certain gods were seen in the ___, and others were represented by actual astronomical bodies.
____ represented Osiris
The Milky Way represented the sky goddess ___ giving birth to the sun god Ra.
The ____ was extremely important to the Egyptians, since it was here that the Sun appeared and disappeared daily.
A rising morning Sun was ____, the divine child of Osiris and Isis.
The noon Sun was ___ because of its incredible strength
The evening Sun became ____, the creator god who lifted pharaohs from their tombs to the stars.
The Egyptian ____, who were actually priests, recognized that the flooding always occurred at the summer solstice,
some ____ were constructed to align with a star that either rose or set at harvest or sowing time.