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Ancient Egypt Crossword Review

Horizontales
a limestone statue of a mythical creature with the head of a man, and the body of a lion. Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face appears to represent the pharaoh Khafre
The father of all creation. He was the patron of the sun, heaven, power, and light.
helped Egyptians prepare for the afterlife where Osiris, god of the underworld, would judge them. ... Later, when scholars learned to decipher hieroglyphs, they discovered that these texts were spells—magic “road maps” provided to the dead to navigate their way safely through the afterlife.
People in ancient Egypt (usually men) who learned to read and write.
This lasted for approximately 3,000 years and is comprised of the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms (3100 B.C.-332 B.C)
A belief that there is only one God.
the largest and oldest of the monumental tombs built in for Egyptian pharaohs; the tomb of Khufu
Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from 1333 BCE (when he was just nine years old) until his death in 1323 BCE.
religiously important in ancient Egypt done deliberately in order to preserve the body
Verticales
A valley in Egypt on the west bank of the Nile, known for the tombs constructed there for the pharaohs during the new Kingdom to reduce tomb raiding
the highest official in ancient Egypt to serve the pharaoh (king) during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.
an integral part of Egyptian burials to preserve the body. Egyptians believed that the body and spirit stayed together in the afterlife, thus the body must be preserved.
the belief in or worship of more than one god.
Egyptologist who began excavating the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. He discovered the tomb in 1922
Smaller figurines of slaves
literally means "sacred carvings". The Egyptians first used these inscriptions carved or painted on temple walls
the Egyptians believed_____ to be the flesh of the sun god Ra