Across 2. A cursive form of Arabic writing which forms the bases of modern Arabic printing 5. Stars or constellations that rose once every ten days and by which the ancient Egyptians used to tell time 8. Amun animal 9. Carter's pharoah 13. From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life 15. A tower, usually within a fortified structure 16. The Sun God 17. device that measures the height of the Nile 19. The Sun Disk and later God 20. A gate 22. Plural for an Egyptian peasant 23. A guard of a temple or of a tomb 26. A sacrament and the central act of worship in many Christian churches 29. An aspect of the sun god Ra 31. A nationalistic party of Egypt which was led by Saad Zaghlul 33. The King of the Gods 34. Goddess of the Firmament 35. God of Fertility 37. Associated with the Goddess Hathor, a sacred rattle device used in her rituals 40. god who symbolized allotted lifespan or destiny
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Down 1. The raised platform within a Coptic church where the Bishops throne is located 3. The Perceptive Mind 4. Deity of Darkness, Obscurity and Night 6. Containers found in ancient tombs which stored organs and viscera (2 wds.) 7. heretic king's wife 10. Goddess of Weaving 11. An administrative subdivision of ancient Egypt 12. Tutankhamun's wife 14. Last Egyptian queen 18. Common housing such as an apartment house 21. Tutankhamun's successor 23. God of the Earth 24. 1.038 acres 25. A relief created by hammering the reverse side of a thin metal plate 27. Hathor animal 28. Goddess Demoness of Birth 30. The Sun God's Butler 32. Markets that are set up in the open air, or small shops or vendors that are along a specific street 36. The Child God 38. A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsmans roll of papyrus which he used as shelter 39. The Sun God
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