Ancient Egyptian Crossword Puzzle 01/03/2006

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Across

1		Deity of Infinity and Eternity (3)
4		First Pharaoh of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty (6)
5		From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life (2)
6		A script originating in Mesopotamia, used in many languages (9)
7		Kindly God of the Desert (2)
9		The Sun God (2)
10		By far the most prominent form of Christian worship in Egypt (5)
11		The outer court of a mosque (7)
13		A walled monastery (4)
14		Cleanser of Re, Personification of the East (5)
15		Goddess of Childbirth (9)
18		The Bird of Creation (4)
19		Tutankhamun's successor (2)
20		Northern Aqaba beach resort (4)
21		A religious leader in a community (4)
22		Festival usually celebrated after 30 years of a king's rule (3)
23		Modern residential island (7)
26		A spirit that inhabits the body during life and may leave it in death, but requires the continued existence of the body for its survival (2)
27		The Perceptive Mind (3)
29		A symbol of kingship in Egypt represented by a cobra in an upright position worn as a head ornament or crown (6)
31		Along with Peteese, a Brother God (5)
33		God of the Nile River (4)
34		A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsman's roll of papyrus which he used as shelter (2)
35		An aspect of the sun god Ra (3)

Down

1		The picture alphabet used for writing Egyptian (11)
2		The women's quarters in a house (5)
3		God of Fertility (3)
4		26th dynasty capital (4)
5		Protector of Childbirth (3)
6		A script originating in Mesopotamia used in many languages (7)
7		The beam, usually of stone, atop columns which supports a ceiling (10)
8		The Sun God's Butler (6)
12		A row of small blocks which often decorated a cornice (6)
15		Grandmother of the Gods (3)
16		A public drinking fountain (5)
17		A judge in Islamic law (4)
18		Ancient Cow Goddess (3)
22		The Resurrected Osiris (5)
24		An Arabic word for a holy man or saint from any religion (3)
25		The Muslim call to prayer (4)
28		The sacred bull of Memphis (4)
30		Partisans who believe that Ali should have succeeded to the caliphate and some of his descendants should have inherited that right (4)
32		God of the Spoken Word (2)

Ancient Egyptian Crossword Puzzle 01/03/2006

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