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Ancient Egyptian Crossword Puzzle 07/16/2007


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2Tutankhamun's successor (2)
3Protector of Childbirth (3)
5 The heraldic plant of Lower Egypt (7)
6 Northern Aqaba beach resort (4)
8One God of Chaos and Water (3)
10The Syrian War God (6)
11A monolithic tapered shaft that symbolizes the primordial mound upon the rays of the sun shone first (7)
13A filter inserted into the neck of a drinking vessel to filter out bugs and debris (5)
15A long robe worn by Egyptian men (9)
17An aspect of the sun god Ra (3)
18From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life (2)
20God of Fertility (3)
22Associated with the Goddess Hathor, a sacred rattle device used in her rituals (7)
25ancient new kingdom capital (6)
28God of the Spoken Word (2)
29Deity of Darkness, Obscurity and Night (3)
30Partisans who believe that Ali should have succeeded to the caliphate and some of his descendants should have inherited that right (4)
32Another Moon God (3)
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1Interlaced wooden screen work (11)
3The soul (5)
4A type of glass and pottery decoration developed by Islamic craftsmen involving multiple firings (10)
7A building in the form of a long colonnaded hall (8)
8A 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)
9Ancient southern border city (5)
12An early form of Arabic calligraphy in a square form usually used for decoration of monuments (5)
14A palace, fortress or mansion (4)
15God of the Earth (3)
16God of the Sea (4)
19Kindly God of the Desert (2)
21Goddess of the Firmament (3)
23A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsmans roll of papyrus which he used as shelter (2)
24The Sun God (2)
26God of Magic and Medicine (4)
27A gate (3)
28Deity of Infinity and Eternity (3)
29A 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)
31A Mother of Osiris (3)


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