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Ancient Egyptian Crossword Puzzle 04/14/2008


 

   
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Across
2   Modern name of ancient new kingdom capital (5)
4   The sacred shrine of Islam in Mecca containing the holy black stone and the focus of prayers (5)
6   Frog headed goddess of childbirth (5)
8   Deity of Darkness, Obscurity and Night (3)
10   Deity of Infinity and Eternity (3)
11   Tutankhamun's successor (2)
12   The official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop (3)
13   The Astral God (3)
15   Along with Peteese, a Brother God (5)
17   Common housing such as an apartment house (3)
19   City of Alexander's orical (4)
20   An Arabic word for a holy man or saint from any religion (3)
21   Kindly God of the Desert (2)
22   A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsmans roll of papyrus which he used as shelter (2)
24   Famous female pharoah; daughter of Thutmose I and Ahmose Nefertari (10)
26   Title earned by a Muslim who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca (5)
27   Amun animal (3)
29   Lady of Truth and Order (4)
30   God of air and sunlight (3)
31   Devourer of Millions (5)
Down
1   The outer vestibule of a church (10)
3   The Sun God (2)
5   Tutankhamun's wife (12)
6   God of the Spoken Word (2)
7   Goddess of Ecstasy and Sexual Pleasure (6)
9   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)
12   Centipede God (4)
14   King of the Gods on Earth (5)
16   The Sun God (2)
18   From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life (2)
23   The All-Father (4)
24   The pilgrimage to Mecca by a Muslim (4)
25   Modern popular red sea coast beach town (8)
28   Lion-headed War Goddess (6)
30   The interior courtyard of a Mosque (4)
 


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