Down to Egypt Crossword Puzzle

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