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Ancient Egyptian Crossword Puzzle 05/23/2005


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3A main reception hall in an Egyptian house in which the central section is set off with a high roof (3)
4 Amun animal (3)
6Kindly God of the Desert (2)
7A sculptural relief that projects slightly from the background (2 wds.) (9)
8Protector of Childbirth (3)
10The Child God (3)
12The Roman Christians who were often pitted against the Egyptian Copts (8)
13Tower (4)
15 Lioness-goddess 'she who is powerful' (7)
19An Arabic word for a holy man or saint from any religion (3)
20 Temple of amun location (6)
23An aspect of the sun god Ra (3)
24An Islamic house or mansion (3)
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1 Heretic king's wife (9)
2A flail or rattle to drive away evil spirits (9)
5Goddess of Scorpions and Snakes (6)
7A Turkish title of governors, high- ranking army officers or powerful civilians (3)
8From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life (2)
9God of air and sunlight (3)
11God of the Spoken Word (2)
13The Bird of Creation (4)
14The Sun God (2)
16Deity of Darkness, Obscurity and Night (3)
17The Nine Great Osirian Gods (6)
18 The Arabic word for row or line (4)
21 Tutankhamun's successor (2)
22A 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)


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