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Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.

Ancient Egypt12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 4 Body wrapped in linen for the afterlife
  • 5 Jackal-headed god who guided the dead
  • 8 Last queen to rule before Rome took over
  • 11 Picture sign in the old writing system
  • 13 Beetle amulet standing for rebirth
  • 15 Boy king whose golden tomb was found in 1922
  • 16 River whose yearly flood enriched the farm fields

Down

  • 1 Trained writer who kept the temple records
  • 2 Small charm worn for protection
  • 3 Reed made into early paper scrolls
  • 6 Lion-bodied guardian statue with a human face
  • 7 Carved stone coffin case
  • 9 Ruler of the Nile kingdom, honored as a living god
  • 10 Massive stone tomb rising to a point at Giza
  • 12 Tall four-sided pillar with a pointed cap
  • 14 ___ jars: containers for preserved organs

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Ancient Egypt1SCR2A3PI4MUMMY5ANUBI6SUPEPL7SYH8CLEOPATRAITRUNCSXO9PP10PH11HIER12OGLYPH13SCARABABRR14CGEA15TUTANKHAMUNLMONSIIHOSDPK16NILEC
  1. 1 down: SCRIBE. Trained writer who kept the temple records
  2. 2 down: AMULET. Small charm worn for protection
  3. 3 down: PAPYRUS. Reed made into early paper scrolls
  4. 4 across: MUMMY. Body wrapped in linen for the afterlife
  5. 5 across: ANUBIS. Jackal-headed god who guided the dead
  6. 6 down: SPHINX. Lion-bodied guardian statue with a human face
  7. 7 down: SARCOPHAGUS. Carved stone coffin case
  8. 8 across: CLEOPATRA. Last queen to rule before Rome took over
  9. 9 down: PHARAOH. Ruler of the Nile kingdom, honored as a living god
  10. 10 down: PYRAMID. Massive stone tomb rising to a point at Giza
  11. 11 across: HIEROGLYPH. Picture sign in the old writing system
  12. 12 down: OBELISK. Tall four-sided pillar with a pointed cap
  13. 13 across: SCARAB. Beetle amulet standing for rebirth
  14. 14 down: CANOPIC. ___ jars: containers for preserved organs
  15. 15 across: TUTANKHAMUN. Boy king whose golden tomb was found in 1922
  16. 16 across: NILE. River whose yearly flood enriched the farm fields
Ancient Egypt12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 3 Small charm worn for protection
  • 6 Ruler of the Nile kingdom, honored as a living god
  • 7 ___ jars: containers for preserved organs
  • 9 Picture sign in the old writing system
  • 10 Tall four-sided pillar with a pointed cap
  • 11 Jackal-headed god who guided the dead
  • 13 Boy king whose golden tomb was found in 1922
  • 14 Lion-bodied guardian statue with a human face
  • 15 Massive stone tomb rising to a point at Giza

Down

  • 1 Beetle amulet standing for rebirth
  • 2 River whose yearly flood enriched the farm fields
  • 4 Carved stone coffin case
  • 5 Reed made into early paper scrolls
  • 8 Last queen to rule before Rome took over
  • 12 Trained writer who kept the temple records
  • 16 Body wrapped in linen for the afterlife

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Show the answer key
Ancient Egypt1S2NCI3AMULET4SRE5P6PHARAOHARB7CANOPICCY8CO9HIEROGLYPHUEH10OBELISKO11ANUBI12SPGC13TUTANKHAMUNRTS14SPHINXRB15PYRA16MIDEUMMY
  1. 1 down: SCARAB. Beetle amulet standing for rebirth
  2. 2 down: NILE. River whose yearly flood enriched the farm fields
  3. 3 across: AMULET. Small charm worn for protection
  4. 4 down: SARCOPHAGUS. Carved stone coffin case
  5. 5 down: PAPYRUS. Reed made into early paper scrolls
  6. 6 across: PHARAOH. Ruler of the Nile kingdom, honored as a living god
  7. 7 across: CANOPIC. ___ jars: containers for preserved organs
  8. 8 down: CLEOPATRA. Last queen to rule before Rome took over
  9. 9 across: HIEROGLYPH. Picture sign in the old writing system
  10. 10 across: OBELISK. Tall four-sided pillar with a pointed cap
  11. 11 across: ANUBIS. Jackal-headed god who guided the dead
  12. 12 down: SCRIBE. Trained writer who kept the temple records
  13. 13 across: TUTANKHAMUN. Boy king whose golden tomb was found in 1922
  14. 14 across: SPHINX. Lion-bodied guardian statue with a human face
  15. 15 across: PYRAMID. Massive stone tomb rising to a point at Giza
  16. 16 down: MUMMY. Body wrapped in linen for the afterlife
Ancient Egypt12345678910111213

Across

  • 2 Trained writer who kept the temple records
  • 3 Small charm worn for protection
  • 4 Reed made into early paper scrolls
  • 6 Beetle amulet standing for rebirth
  • 7 Massive stone tomb rising to a point at Giza
  • 8 ___ jars: containers for preserved organs
  • 10 Picture sign in the old writing system
  • 12 Boy king whose golden tomb was found in 1922
  • 13 Lion-bodied guardian statue with a human face

Down

  • 1 Tall four-sided pillar with a pointed cap
  • 5 Ruler of the Nile kingdom, honored as a living god
  • 6 Carved stone coffin case
  • 9 Last queen to rule before Rome took over
  • 11 Jackal-headed god who guided the dead

Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Ancient Egypt1O2SCRIBEE3AMULETI4PA5PYRUSHK6SCARABAAR7PYRAMID8CANOPICCO9CO10HIEROGLYPHEH11AOANPG12TUTANKHAMUNBTS13SPHINXRSA
  1. 1 down: OBELISK. Tall four-sided pillar with a pointed cap
  2. 2 across: SCRIBE. Trained writer who kept the temple records
  3. 3 across: AMULET. Small charm worn for protection
  4. 4 across: PAPYRUS. Reed made into early paper scrolls
  5. 5 down: PHARAOH. Ruler of the Nile kingdom, honored as a living god
  6. 6 across: SCARAB. Beetle amulet standing for rebirth
  7. 6 down: SARCOPHAGUS. Carved stone coffin case
  8. 7 across: PYRAMID. Massive stone tomb rising to a point at Giza
  9. 8 across: CANOPIC. ___ jars: containers for preserved organs
  10. 9 down: CLEOPATRA. Last queen to rule before Rome took over
  11. 10 across: HIEROGLYPH. Picture sign in the old writing system
  12. 11 down: ANUBIS. Jackal-headed god who guided the dead
  13. 12 across: TUTANKHAMUN. Boy king whose golden tomb was found in 1922
  14. 13 across: SPHINX. Lion-bodied guardian statue with a human face

About Ancient Egypt

Egyptian civilization grew along the Nile, whose yearly flood left behind soil rich enough to feed cities and the workers who raised the pyramids at Giza. Scribes kept records on papyrus in hieroglyphs, a script no one could read until the Rosetta Stone gave scholars a way in. Clues here cover burial practice, including canopic jars and the sarcophagus, alongside rulers such as Cleopatra and Tutankhamun, whose tomb Howard Carter opened in 1922.

Reach for this sheet during a unit on ancient civilizations, or before a museum visit to an Egyptian gallery.

What is in this crossword

A 19 by 21 crossword with 7 across and 9 down, on the subject of Ancient Egypt.

Grid
19 x 21
Across
7
Down
9
Longest answer
SARCOPHAGUS (11 letters)

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