Ancient Egypt Crossword

a rich layer of soil from river water
ruling family
title of an Egyptian leader that literally means great house
a waterfall
An Egyptian god who ruled the underworld and was the god of the Nile
a simpler form of Egyptian writing for everyday use
sun-baked desert land
fertile land along the Nile
a powerful pharaoh, who during her reign in the New Kingdom, restored peace, and encouraged trade
wife of Akhenaton who shared power during his reign
a form of picture writing used by the Egyptians
the preservation of the human body at death so that an individual could use their body in the afterlife
chief sun god of the Egyptians
first Egyptian king to unite upper and lower Egypt
desert area where many New Kingdom pharaoh's pyramids were built
minor king of Egypt whose tomb was discovered intact by Howard Carter
French scholar who deciphered the Rosetta Stone
kingdom to the south of Egypt that was conquered by Egypt in the New Kingdom and later conquered Egypt
folk tale of the wanderings of an Egyptian official forced to flee in what is now Syria
British archaeologist who uncovered king Tutankhamen's tomb
Egyptian goddess and wife of Osiris and she is seen as patron to women
foreign invaders of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom that drove horse drawn war chariots
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a triangular area of masrhlands found at the mouth of a river
chief minister to the pharaoh who supervised the business of the government
a plant that grows along the Nile, used by Egyptians to make a paper like writing material
tombs of the pharaohs built in the Old Kingdom
found in the 1800's by Jean Champollion and had the same message carved in three different forms of script
written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating sounds used to say it
Hatshepsut's stepson who after her reign took over, expanding Egypt's borders to the largest they had been at the time