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| 2 | | A room prior to the naos, or
sanctuary (7) |
| 4 | | A screen or wall with icons which
separated the Heikal (sanctuary)
from the nave in Coptic churches (11) |
| 7 | | Deity of Infinity and Eternity (3) |
| 9 | | Also called a fez, this brimless
felt cap with a dark, silk tassel
and usually colored red, is of
Turkish origin (9) |
| 11 | | Demon God of the Win Press (6) |
| 13 | | The Astral God (3) |
| 14 | | The world of afterlife where the
ancient Egyptians believed that
the dead roamed (4) |
| 15 | | A symbol of protection, consisting
of an image of a herdsman’s roll
of papyrus which he used as shelter (2) |
| 17 | | The official seat, center of
authority, jurisdiction, or office
of a bishop (3) |
| 18 | | A reference to the sun’s disc
which was considered the life
force and is closely related to
the religious upheaval of Akhenaten (4) |
| 19 | | A stone slab with an inscription
or design which was used as a
monument or grave marker (5) |
| 20 | | An Arabic word for a holy man or
saint from any religion (3) |
| 21 | | Lioness-goddess 'she who is powerful' (7) |
| 22 | | God of chaos and confusion (3) |
| 24 | | A guard of a temple or of a tomb (7) |
| 26 | | Eater of the Dead; the Devourer (5) |
| 29 | | Kindly God of the Desert (2) |
| 30 | | Warrior Goddess of Canaan (7) |
| 31 | | Amun animal (3) |
| 32 | | The Perceptive Mind (3) |
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| 1 | | A statue of immense size, usually
of a god or king (8) |
| 2 | | A symbol in the ancient writing of
Egypt which borrows the sound of
another word (9) |
| 3 | | Associated with the Goddess
Hathor, a sacred rattle device
used in her rituals (7) |
| 5 | | Ancient new kingdom capital (6) |
| 6 | | God of air and sunlight (3) |
| 8 | | The pilgrimage to Mecca by a Muslim (4) |
| 9 | | Name of four 18th dynasty rulers;
hatshepsut's father (9) |
| 10 | | A circular design often found on
Coptic textiles and on Mamluk
buildings (6) |
| 12 | | 5th dynasty founder (7) |
| 13 | | Festival usually celebrated after
30 years of a king’s rule (3) |
| 16 | | Warrior and solar god (5) |
| 17 | | Goddess of writing and measurements (6) |
| 19 | | The Orthodox body of the Islamic
faith (5) |
| 20 | | Tutankhamun's successor (2) |
| 23 | | Northern Aqaba beach resort (4) |
| 25 | | A religious leader in a community (4) |
| 27 | | Grandmother of the gods (3) |
| 28 | | A convex molding (5) |
| 31 | | The sun god (2) |
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