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2. A semi-circular domed recess, most
frequently at the east end of a
church
4. The Great Honker
7. A hieroglyphic sign for life
similar to a cross
10. The arched chambers around a sahn
or courtyard within a mosque
12. The Opener of the Ways
14. Greek historian of Egypt
15. God of Thunder
16. Lady of Truth and Order
18. the plateau
19. God of the Spoken Word
20. A collection of spells originally
written on papyrus and buried with
a mummy (4 wds.)
23. A cross derived from the ankh and
adopted as a symbol by the early
Coptic Christians (2 wds.)
26. A stone slab with an inscription
or design which was used as a
monument or grave marker
27. A Mother of Osiris
28. The tower from which the muezzin
cries the call to prayer
30. An Arabic word for a holy man or
saint from any religion
31. A hospital
34. God of air and sunlight
35. The sacred shrine of Islam in
Mecca containing the holy black
stone and the focus of prayers
36. Literally, a city of the dead
37. Amun animal
38. Stars or constellations that rose
once every ten days and by which
the ancient Egyptians used to tell
time
41. A concave bracket around the
summits of walls or gates (2wds.)
42. The official seat, center of
authority, jurisdiction, or office
of a bishop
43. The Resurrected Osiris
45. An irrigation device that was
introduced during the Ptolemaic
period
49. A Wife of Horus
50. The Soul
52. Gods of the viscera and the canopic Jars
57. a king who stings
60. A circular design often found on
Coptic textiles and on Mamluk
buildings
61. A row of columns set at regular
intervals and often supporting a
roof
63. A tower, usually within a
fortified structure
64. Place of worship
66. A screen or wall with icons which
separated the Heikal (sanctuary)
from the nave in Coptic churches
68. The festival of the thirtieth year
of a pharaoh’s rule
69. the heretic king
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1. A sign in the script which is to
indicate a dual or plural form
2. mother of all the gods; mistress
of the sky
3. Demon God of the Win Press
5. A type of engraving in which the
designs are filled with a black
alloy and produces a black figure
on gold, silver, or brass
background or the reverse
6. The Sun God
8. Goddess of the Firmament
9. The title of an individual who
would report to the king and thus
spread his commands, such as in a
battle
11. A market or meeting place
13. A blue or green substance used to
mold small figures or amulets in
ancient Egypt
15. A non weight bearing side support
for an arch or wall
17. A statue or sculpture which
depicts the human form in an
asymmetrical pose
19. She who is Above the Spirits
21. A caravan resthouse built of
storage rooms for trade goods
around a courtyard for the animals
22. The raised platform within a
Coptic church where the Bishop’s
throne is located
24. Small devices, often arches placed
in the corners of a square
building to support a dome
25. A conventional and generic manner
of describing the head of a local
priesthood (2 wds.)
29. Great Greek city
32. The Good Sister
33. 18th dynasty founder
39. Markets that are set up in the
open air, or small shops or
vendors that are along a specific
street
40. The cat goddess.
44. 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
46. An aspect of the sun god Ra
47. The Child God
48. Tutankhamun's successor
49. A predynastic archeology site in
upper Egypt, which also lends its
name to that culture
51. huge ancient tombs
53. A monolithic tapered shaft that
symbolizes the primordial mound
upon the rays of the sun shone
first
54. Festival usually celebrated after
30 years of a king’s rule
55. Scorpion goddess
56. The platform in a mosque where the
koran is chanted
58. By far the most prominent form of
Christian worship in Egypt
59. From Coptic art, the position of a
figure with hands raised in
adoration
62. Kindly god of the desert
65. Grandmother of the gods
67. A symbol of protection, consisting
of an image of a herdsman’s roll
of papyrus which he used as shelter
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