Ancient Egyptian Crossword Puzzle 06/05/2006

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Across
2A walled monastery (4)
4Kindly God of the Desert (2)
6A symbol worn as a talisman against evil or injury (6)
8 Tutankhamun's successor (2)
9An administrative title in the early Islamic period (4)
10Ferryman of the Underworld (4)
11Goddess of Plenty (5)
14Plural for an Egyptian peasant (8)
17Tower (4)
19A conventional and generic manner of describing the head of a local priesthood (2 wds.) (10)
22Goddess of the Firmament (3)
25An Arabic word for a holy man or saint from any religion (3)
26Cow Goddess of the Sky (10)
Down
1The official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop (3)
2A council chamber (2 wds.) (9)
3The Sun God (2)
5The Orthodox body of the Islamic faith (5)
7 Northern Aqaba beach resort (4)
12The Astral God (3)
13Centipede God (4)
14A band of images or ornaments usually on a wall (6)
15Deity of Infinity and Eternity (3)
16One God of Chaos and Water (3)
17 Ancient religious city in north, counter to Nekhen (4)
18The Sun God (2)
20God of the Earth (3)
21A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsmans roll of papyrus which he used as shelter (2)
23An Islamic house or mansion (3)
24Ancient Cow Goddess (3)