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Ancient Egyptian Crossword Puzzle 08/22/2005


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2One God of Chaos and Water (3)
4Guardian and Gatekeeper of the Underworld (4)
7The Strength of Woman (6)
8A council Chamber (2 wds.) (9)
11A building in the form of a long colonnaded hall (8)
14The Sun God (2)
16(a) An Arabic bench. (b) A rectangular tomb of ancient Egyptian origin (7)
19A Turkish title of governors, high- ranking army officers or powerful civilians (3)
20A main reception hall in an Egyptian house in which the central section is set off with a high roof (3)
21The Perceptive Mind (3)
23 Canine god of the dead, closely associated with embalming and mummification (6)
24A house, or the self contained apartments into which Ummayed mansions and Abbasid palaces were divided (4)
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1The Bird of Creation (4)
2Literally, a city of the dead (10)
3The main area of a church, usually flanked by aisles (4)
5The Sun God (2)
6The official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop (3)
8An Islamic house or mansion (3)
9An aspect of the sun god Ra (3)
10God of the Spoken Word (2)
11A gate (3)
12A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsman's roll of papyrus which he used as shelter (2)
13A Mother of Osiris (3)
15 Tutankhamun's successor (2)
16Lady of Truth and Order (4)
17 Northern Aqaba beach resort (4)
18Kindly God of the Desert (2)
19From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life (2)
22The Child God (3)


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