Down to Egypt Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: horus : had the body of a man and the head of a falcon, papyrus : used to make boats, baskets, boxes, mats, sandals, upper egypt : area in the south extended to the first cataract, giza : location where 3 most famous pyramids were built, thutmose : egyptian empire reached its greatest extent, cataracts : prevented the nile from being used to invade egypt, hatsheput : female pharaoh, khufu : great pyramid was built for this pharaoh, memphis : capital near where lower and upper egypt met, delta : region named for its resemblance to a greek letter, step pyramid : 1st structure made entirely of stone, champollion : solved the riddle of the rosetta stone, joseph : interpreted the king's dreams, vizier : chief assistant, dynasties : families within which the right to be king passed from one member to another, nobles : class of people that made up the upper class, sphinxes : stone statues with the heads of men, rams, or hawks and bodies of lions, farmers : people at the bottom of the social scale, herodotus : viewed the ruins of egypt in the 5th century, mummification : soak a dead body in mixtures of salts, spices, and resins to preserve it, tribute : payment from one nation to another, pharaohs : egyptian gods, rosetta stone : contains a message in 3 languages, nile river : longest river in the world