Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Pharaonic Enigmas and Nile Chronicles
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Fragmentary pottery shard used for informal writing
- 2. Ancient Egyptian writing material from river reed
- 3. Esoteric Egyptian netherworld journeyed after death
- 4. Jackal-headed deity overseeing rites of passage
- 6. Hidden chamber housing the statue of the deceased
- 7. Egyptian name for the famed necropolis at Giza
- 10. Script priestly yet cursive, far from hieroglyphs
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- 5. Revolutionary city of the heretic pharaoh’s reign
- 8. double or spiritual essence of a person
- 9. Encircled royal name protecting the pharaoh's identity
- 11. Legendary unifier credited with founding the First Dynasty
- 12. Monumental tapering stone, sun-worship symbol in stone