| Across 2. A semi-circular domed recess, most frequently at the east end of a church 4. The Great Honker 7. A hieroglyphic sign for life similar to a cross 10. The arched chambers around a sahn or courtyard within a mosque 12. The Opener of the Ways 14. Greek historian of Egypt 15. God of Thunder 16. Lady of Truth and Order 18. the plateau 19. God of the Spoken Word 20. A collection of spells originally written on papyrus and buried with a mummy (4 wds.) 23. A cross derived from the ankh and adopted as a symbol by the early Coptic Christians (2 wds.) 26. A stone slab with an inscription or design which was used as a monument or grave marker 27. A Mother of Osiris 28. The tower from which the muezzin cries the call to prayer 30. An Arabic word for a holy man or saint from any religion 31. A hospital 34. God of air and sunlight 35. The sacred shrine of Islam in Mecca containing the holy black stone and the focus of prayers 36. Literally, a city of the dead 37. Amun animal 38. Stars or constellations that rose once every ten days and by which the ancient Egyptians used to tell time 41. A concave bracket around the summits of walls or gates (2wds.) 42. The official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop 43. The Resurrected Osiris 45. An irrigation device that was introduced during the Ptolemaic period 49. A Wife of Horus 50. The Soul 52. Gods of the viscera and the canopic Jars 57. a king who stings 60. A circular design often found on Coptic textiles and on Mamluk buildings 61. A row of columns set at regular intervals and often supporting a roof 63. A tower, usually within a fortified structure 64. Place of worship 66. A screen or wall with icons which separated the Heikal (sanctuary) from the nave in Coptic churches 68. The festival of the thirtieth year of a pharaohs rule 69. the heretic king | Down 1. A sign in the script which is to indicate a dual or plural form 2. mother of all the gods; mistress of the sky 3. Demon God of the Win Press 5. A 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. The Sun God 8. Goddess of the Firmament 9. The title of an individual who would report to the king and thus spread his commands, such as in a battle 11. A market or meeting place 13. A blue or green substance used to mold small figures or amulets in ancient Egypt 15. A non weight bearing side support for an arch or wall 17. A statue or sculpture which depicts the human form in an asymmetrical pose 19. She who is Above the Spirits 21. A caravan resthouse built of storage rooms for trade goods around a courtyard for the animals 22. The raised platform within a Coptic church where the Bishops throne is located 24. Small devices, often arches placed in the corners of a square building to support a dome 25. A conventional and generic manner of describing the head of a local priesthood (2 wds.) 29. Great Greek city 32. The Good Sister 33. 18th dynasty founder 39. Markets that are set up in the open air, or small shops or vendors that are along a specific street 40. The cat goddess. 44. 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 46. An aspect of the sun god Ra 47. The Child God 48. Tutankhamun's successor 49. A predynastic archeology site in upper Egypt, which also lends its name to that culture 51. huge ancient tombs 53. A monolithic tapered shaft that symbolizes the primordial mound upon the rays of the sun shone first 54. Festival usually celebrated after 30 years of a kings rule 55. Scorpion goddess 56. The platform in a mosque where the koran is chanted 58. By far the most prominent form of Christian worship in Egypt 59. From Coptic art, the position of a figure with hands raised in adoration 62. Kindly god of the desert 65. Grandmother of the gods 67. A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsmans roll of papyrus which he used as shelter |