Ancient Egyptian Crossword Puzzle 08/01/2005

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Across 1. Southern land
2. From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life
3. God of Fertility
5. First capital of egypt
7. A bridge
9. Goddess of Childbirth
11. God of air and sunlight
12. Amun animal
13. Kindly God of the Desert
15. A royal boat used by ancient Egyptians to transport statues of gods or mummies
17. Tutankhamun's successor
Down 1. An administrative subdivision of ancient Egypt
2. Protector of Childbirth
4. God of the primeval lotus blossom
6. King of the Gods on Earth
7. 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
8. The tower from which the muezzin cries the call to prayer
9. Grandmother of the Gods
10. God of the Spoken Word
11. The Perceptive Mind
14. A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsmans roll of papyrus which he used as shelter
16. The Sun God