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1 Deity of Darkness, Obscurity and
Night (3) 3 Deity of Infinity and Eternity (3) 4
Tutankhamun's successor (2) 6 A title which was originally
adopted by the rulers of the
Islamic world, but later used by
many regional rulers (6) 8 Greeter of the Dead (5) 11 Kindly God of the Desert (2) 12 A long age of steady and seasonal
rainfall (7) 14 The Muslim call to prayer (4) 16 Head of the local priesthood and
usually extended by the name of a
god (7) 17 An Islamic house or mansion (3) 18 A semi-circular domed recess, most
frequently at the east end of a
church (4) 19 The alternating use of red and
white or black and white stone in
Arab architecture (5) 21 Goddess of the Firmament (3) 22 The official seat, center of
authority, jurisdiction, or office
of a bishop (3) 23 A symbol of protection, consisting
of an image of a herdsman’s roll
of papyrus which he used as shelter (2) 24 A main reception hall in an
Egyptian house in which the
central section is set off with a
high roof (3) 26 Goddess of Childbirth (9) 28 An Arabic word for a holy man or
saint from any religion (3) 29
Arabic word for row or line (4) 30 Stones used to build arches which
were shaped in a wedge (9) 31 The sacred shrine of Islam in
Mecca containing the holy black
stone and the focus of prayers (5) 33 A small chapel that is near a
Ptolemaic temple for the
birthplace of the god, and by
extension, the king (7) 35 God of the Spoken Word (2) 36 God of Fertility (3)
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1 The Great Potter (6) 2 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) 3 An
eye of Re (13) 5 Plural for an Egyptian peasant (8) 7 5th dynasty founder (7) 9 Arabic word for three describing
the length of the typical small
stone building blocks of temples (7) 10
God of the primeval lotus blossom (8) 13 A screen or wall with icons which
separated the Heikal (sanctuary)
from the nave in Coptic churches (11) 15 A filter inserted into the neck of
a drinking vessel to filter out
bugs and debris (5) 20 A section set aside for women,
usually in a religious structure (9) 25 An aspect of the sun god Ra (3) 27 God of air and sunlight (3) 29 The Perceptive Mind (3) 32 From pagan religion, the spirit
that inhabits the body during one's life (2) 34 The Child God (3)
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