Famous Pharaohs Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• thutmoseiii : he ruled after the female pharaoh, creating a vast empire; probably the pharaoh of the oppression of the jews
• sword : weapon the knight uses to defend himself
• joseph: his hebrew brothers sold him to travelling merchants. he became vizier of pharaoh
• moses: god chose him to lead the jews out of slavery, out of egypt.
• ahmose: brother of kamose who chased out the hyksos & who subdued nobles
• plagues: god sent these to teach the egyptians that their gods were useless
• amenhotepii: he was probably the pharaoh of the exodus of the jews.
• ramsesii: 19th dynasty pharaoh who claimed victory vs. mutuwallis, though untrue.
• hatshepsut: daughter of thutmose; she made herself pharaoh.
• cleopatra: she was the last of 300 years of ptolemy rulers in egypt
• darkages: a period of chaos 400 years after cheops, when nobles rebelled.
• howard carter: english archeologist who discovered king tut's famous tomb
• hyksos: foreigners from syria who invaded and ruled egypt for 150 years
• thutmose: first king buried in valley of kings
• akhnaton: changed his name from amenhotep iv to honor aton
• amon: city god of thebes
• ramsesiii: the last strong egyptian pharaoh