| Across 1. Protector of Childbirth 3. An enigmatic hieroglyph and amulet linked to Osiris' backbone and resurrection (2 wds.) 6. Literally, a city of the dead 9. God of air and sunlight 10. God of fertility 11. From Coptic art, the position of a figure with hands raised in adoration 13. A market or meeting place 14. Common housing such as an apartment house 15. Demon God of the Wine Press 17. A main reception hall in an Egyptian house in which the central section is set off with a high roof 18. First pyramid site 21. A semi-circular domed recess, most frequently at the east end of a church 23. Amun animal 24. A Mother of Osiris 26. Southern land 28. Tutankhamun's successor 29. Goddess of Moisture | Down 2. The official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop 3. An Islamic house or mansion 4. A massive entrance that consists of two units that are joined by a gate 5. Great Greek city 6. An elegant Arabic cursive script which is the cumulation of Islamic calligraphy 7. A cross derived from the ankh and adopted as a symbol by the early Coptic Christians (2 wds.) 8. A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsmans roll of papyrus which he used as shelter 10. Protector and guardian of the Valley of the Kings 12. The arched chambers around a sahn or courtyard within a mosque 16. 5th Dynasty founder 19. The inner or secret shrine of ancient places of worship 20. The King of the Gods 22. The Creator 25. Ancient cow goddess 27. From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life |
