Ancient Egyptian Crossword Puzzle 11/27/2006
Across | 1 | | God of Fertility (3) | | 2 | | Carter's pharoah (11) | | 6 | | The Great Destroyer (4) | | 7 | | A Mother of Osiris (3) | | 9 | | An administrative subdivision of ancient Egypt (4) | | 10 | | The womens quarters in a house (5) | | 12 | | Devourer of Millions (5) | | 14 | | The official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop (3) | | 16 | | Demon God of the Win Press (6) | | 17 | | Cleanser of Re, Personification of the East (5) | | 19 | | A screen or wall with icons which separated the Heikal (sanctuary) from the nave in Coptic churches (11) | | 23 | | Northern Aqaba beach resort (4) | | 25 | | mother of all the gods; mistress of the sky (4) | | 26 | | Goddess of writing and measurements (6) | | 27 | | An Islamic house or mansion (3) | | 28 | | Amun animal (3) | | 29 | | The Sun God (2) | | 30 | | God of the Sea (4) | | 32 | | Sign in the script that is placed after the phonograms and indicates the class or area of meaning to which it belongs (8) | | 35 | | Partisans who believe that Ali should have succeeded to the caliphate and some of his descendants should have inherited that right (4) | | 36 | | Deity of Infinity and Eternity (3) | | 37 | | An Arabic word for a holy man or saint from any religion (3) |
| Down | 1 | | The Christian doctrine that the human and divine natures of Christ are absorbed into one nature, the divine (13) | | 3 | | A symbol of kingship in Egypt represented by a cobra in an upright position worn as a head ornament or crown (6) | | 4 | | A semi-circular domed recess, most frequently at the east end of a church (4) | | 5 | | Goddess of War and Funerals (5) | | 8 | | Another Moon God (3) | | 11 | | A hospital, usually attached to a mosque (8) | | 13 | | An alloy of gold and silver, often used on the tips of obelisks (8) | | 14 | | A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsmans roll of papyrus which he used as shelter (2) | | 15 | | A sacrament and the central act of worship in many Christian churches (9) | | 18 | | A main reception hall in an Egyptian house in which the central section is set off with a high roof (3) | | 20 | | Potsherds with inscriptions (8) | | 21 | | Associated with the Goddess Hathor, a sacred rattle device used in her rituals (7) | | 22 | | Festival usually celebrated after 30 years of a kings rule (3) | | 24 | | From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life (2) | | 31 | | The sacred bull of Memphis (4) | | 33 | | Kindly God of the Desert (2) | | 34 | | The Sun God (2) | | 35 | | The Astral God (3) | | 36 | | God of the Spoken Word (2) |
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