Ancient Egypt

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Paper made from the ___ plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat (7)
  2. 4. An ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (7)
  3. 6. Early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (9)
  4. 8. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top (plural) (8)
  5. 9. A writing system using picture symbols (plural) (13)
  6. 12. The world's longest ___ (9)
  7. 14. To march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest (7)
  8. 15. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress (6)
  9. 16. A place for the burial of a corpse (4)

Down

  1. 1. A body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (plural) (7)
  2. 3. An ancient region of northeastern Africa on the Nile (5)
  3. 5. A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides (plural) (8)
  4. 7. Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (12)
  5. 10. System of faith and worship (8)
  6. 11. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo (4)
  7. 13. 100 ___ equal 1 pula in Botswana (plural) (6)