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1.principal wife of Amenhotep III; sister of Anen 2.bird regarded as an incarnation of Thoth 4.An aspect of the sun god Ra 6.An alloy of gold and silver, often used on the tips of obelisks 9.first capital of egypt 11.From pagan religion, the spirit that inhabits the body during one's life 12.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 13.A symbol of protection, consisting of an image of a herdsmans roll of papyrus which he used as shelter 14.aswan's main island 16.A predynastic archeology site in upper Egypt, which also lends its name to that culture 19.The Perceptive Mind 20.Plural for an Egyptian peasant 23.A row of small blocks which often decorated a cornice 26.God of the Earth 28.A concave bracket around the summits of walls or gates (2wds.) 30.Potsherds with inscriptions 32.Son of Bastet 34.The Sun Disk and later God 36.camelus dromedarius 37.A sculptural relief that projects slightly from the background (2 wds.) 38.pyramid architect 40.An administrative subdivision of ancient Egypt 41.Protector of Childbirth 42.God of the Spoken Word 43.King of the Gods on Earth
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1.an excavation in which a corpse is buried 2.A sign of fertility usually displayed as the phallus of a god (sometimes Osiris) or pharaoh (usually Min) 3.Creator Goddess 4.1st Dynasty ruler whose name means 'the fighter' 5.The Sun God's Butler 7.The Sun God 8.group of decorated rock-cut tombs in Middle Egypt 10.From as early as the predynastic period, a vent of some nature which faces north to catch the cool prevailing winds 11.Ancient Cow Goddess 13.26th dynasty capital 15.term used to describe the annual flooding of the Nile in Egypt 17.Kindly God of the Desert 18.One God of Chaos and Water 19.Sign in the script which implies meaning, not sound 21.The womens quarters in a house 22.A form of hieroglyphs in script 24.Literally, a city of the dead 25.The picture alphabet used for writing Egyptian 27.sacred bull of montu at Hermothis, south of Luxor 29.An Arabic word for a holy man or saint from any religion 31.Devourer of the Dead 33.Demon God of the Win Press 34.The sacred bull of Memphis 35.site of the temple of Horus 37.A gate 39.Deity of Infinity and Eternity
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