Egypt Crossword
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
 
 
Down: 1) all the plants or plant life of a place2) a member of a social class that makes its living through small-scale farming and labor4) a life after death; the ancient Egyptians believed very strongly in this5) complete control over someone or something; the pharaohs of ancient Egypt had this kind of control of the people in their kingdom8) the period from about 1991 B.C. to 1786 B.C., during which dynasty 12 ruled ancient Egypt9) the detailed mapping of the physical features of a place10) a group, or class, that is made up of people with similar backgrounds, income, and ways of living12) coffin, usually cut from stone14) an ancient tablet covered with Egyptian and Greek hieroglyphics; provided a key to translating and understanding hieroglyphics16) a time when there is so little food that many people starve18) a king of ancient Egypt20) an early form of paper made from a reedlike plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta21) a series of rulers from the same family or ethnic group23) a person who has no settled home Across: 3) someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule6) a scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky7) a huge building with four sloping triangle-shaped sides; built as a royal tomb in Egypt11) the period from about 2686 B.C. to 2181 B.C., during which dynasties 3, 4, and 5 ruled ancient Egypt13) a triangular-shaped plain at the mouth of a river, formed when sediment is deposited by flowing water15) the enrichment of soil, for the production of crops17) pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds19) used to rank people in order of how important they are in society22) a worker who is especially skilled in crafting items by hand, such as pottery and baskets24) the period from about 1567 B.C. to 1085 B.C., during which dynasties 18, 19, and 20 ruled ancient Egypt25) fine, fertile, dark soil found on river bottoms
 

 

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