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ILQHSELERQDELTA

KAOHTYLESSYIVLT

LRFEOSEAYAEDZTT

SHRNMLJRHERYLUC

RDXGBBNILESNGTI

GCEAMSCROLLAIAE

OKTNNPCLNNNSMND

KDMUEHLEYSYTOKI

MKVBHIEROGLYPHS

IMBIBNOEEDDLTAF

IURSWXPZNPEOHMS

VMEFEHAOPAPYRUS

GMAIHOTZCJPCLNI

IYDESERTEMPLEVL

CGETOSANIBCSEST

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NileNILE
DeltaDELTA
SiltSILT
DesertDESERT
DynastyDYNASTY
TutankhamunTUTANKHAMUN
CleopatraCLEOPATRA
SphinxSPHINX
TempleTEMPLE
TombTOMB
MummyMUMMY
HieroglyphsHIEROGLYPHS
PapyrusPAPYRUS
ScrollSCROLL
AnubisANUBIS
BreadBREAD

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Answer key: Ancient Egypt Word Search

ILQHSELERQDELTA

KAOHTYLESSYIVLT

LRFEOSEAYAEDZTT

SHRNMLJRHERYLUC

RDXGBBNILESNGTI

GCEAMSCROLLAIAE

OKTNNPCLNNNSMND

KDMUEHLEYSYTOKI

MKVBHIEROGLYPHS

IMBIBNOEEDDLTAF

IURSWXPZNPEOHMS

VMEFEHAOPAPYRUS

GMAIHOTZCJPCLNI

IYDESERTEMPLEVL

CGETOSANIBCSEST

NILE, DELTA, SILT, DESERT, DYNASTY, TUTANKHAMUN, CLEOPATRA, SPHINX, TEMPLE, TOMB, MUMMY, HIEROGLYPHS, PAPYRUS, SCROLL, ANUBIS, BREAD

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The Nile and the Land 28

Abu Simbel Two temples cut into a cliff, moved to higher ground in the 1960s to escape a lake.
Abydos A holy city where early kings were buried, the center of the worship of Osiris.
Akhet The season of the flood.
Alexandria The port founded in 331 BC and famous for its library and lighthouse.
Amarna The short-lived capital built by the pharaoh who worshipped the sun disc.
Aswan The southern town at the first rapids, with quarries of granite.
Cataract A stretch of rapids and rocks; six of them broke up river travel in the south.
Delta The fan of marshy land where the river splits into branches before the sea.
Desert Dry land with very little rain.
Deshret The red land, the desert on either side of the valley.
Giza The plateau near Cairo with the three great pyramids.
Ibis A wading bird with a curved beak, sacred to the god of writing.
Inundation The yearly flood that covered the fields with fresh mud.
Karnak The huge temple complex of Amun at Thebes.
Kemet The Egyptians' name for their country; it comes from their word for black, the color of the river soil.

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The Nile and the Land, continued

Kush A Nubian kingdom whose kings ruled Egypt as the 25th dynasty.
Lotus A water lily, the plant sign of the south.
Lower Egypt The country's northern part, around the river mouths.
Memphis The first capital, near where the valley meets the fan of river mouths.
Nile The river that flows north through the desert to the Mediterranean.
Nilometer A marked stairway or well for measuring how high the river rose.
Nubia The land to the south, rich in gold.
Oasis A green place with water in the middle of a desert.
Reeds Tall marsh plants bundled into boats.
Saqqara The burial ground of Memphis, with the oldest stone pyramid.
Silt Fine dark mud left by a flood, which made the soil rich.
Thebes The southern capital of the New Kingdom, on the site of modern Luxor.
Upper Egypt The southern part of the country, upstream.

Pharaohs and Queens 28

Akhenaten The king who turned to the worship of one god, the sun disc.
Cartouche An oval ring drawn around a royal name.
Cleopatra The last active ruler of Egypt before Rome took it in 30 BC.
Crook A short hooked staff held by the king, a sign of his care for the people.
Djoser The king for whom the first pyramid, built in steps, was raised.
Double Crown The red and white headdress that showed rule over both lands.
Dynasty A line of rulers from one family; Egypt counted about thirty.
Flail A rod with beaded strands held by the king.
Hatshepsut The woman who ruled as pharaoh and sent a trading fleet to Punt.
Hyksos Foreign rulers of the north who brought the horse and chariot.
Imhotep The official credited with designing the first pyramid.
Khafre The son of Khufu; the second pyramid at Giza is his.
Khufu The king for whom the Great Pyramid was built.
Menkaure The king of the third and smallest of the Giza pyramids.
Narmer The king shown on a carved stone palette uniting the two lands, about 3100 BC.
Nefertari The chief queen of Ramesses the Great; the smaller temple at Abu Simbel honors her.
Nefertiti The queen of Akhenaten, known from a painted bust.
Nemes The striped headcloth worn by a king.
New Kingdom The age of empire, from about 1550 BC, with its royal tombs cut into a valley.
Old Kingdom The time when the pyramids were built.
Pharaoh The title of the king of Egypt; it first meant great house.
Ptolemy The general of Alexander who founded the last dynasty; fifteen kings shared his name.
Ramesses The name of eleven kings; the second reigned 66 years.
Sneferu The king who built three pyramids, among them the Bent and the Red.
Thutmose The name of four kings; the third led seventeen campaigns.
Tutankhamun The boy king whose tomb was found in 1922 with most of its treasures still inside.
Uraeus The rearing cobra on a royal brow.
Vizier The chief minister of the king.

Pyramids and Tombs 29

Amulet A charm tucked into the wrappings for protection.
Ankh A cross with a loop on top, the sign for life.
Burial Chamber The room deep inside where the body lay.
Canopic Jar One of four jars that held organs removed from the body.
Capstone The pointed top block.
Carter The British digger who found the boy king's tomb.
Chisel A tool of copper for cutting stone.
Death Mask A golden face laid over the head of a king.
Embalmer The person who prepared the dead.
Granite The hard speckled stone floated down from the south.
Hypostyle A hall whose roof rests on rows of columns.
Limestone The pale rock of most blocks at Giza.
Linen Cloth of flax, torn into strips for wrapping.
Mastaba A flat-roofed tomb with sloping sides, like a bench.
Mummy A body dried and wrapped to last.
Natron A natural salt used to dry the body.
Necropolis A city of the dead; a large burial ground.
Obelisk A tall four-sided pillar that tapers to a point.
Pylon A great gateway of two sloping towers.
Pyramid A tomb with four sloping sides meeting at a point.
Quarry A place where stone is cut from the ground.
Ramp A slope of earth and brick for hauling blocks upward.
Sarcophagus A stone coffin.
Scarab A beetle, a sign of the rising sun and new life.
Shabti A small figure buried to do the owner's work in the next world.
Sledge A wooden sled for dragging heavy loads over sand.
Sphinx A statue with the body of a lion and a human head.
Temple The house of a god.
Tomb A place of burial.

Writing and Gods 27

Afterlife Life after death.
Amun The king of the gods at Thebes.
Anubis The jackal-headed god of embalming.
Aten The disc of the sun.
Bastet The cat goddess.
Champollion The French scholar who announced in 1822 that he could read the old signs.
Demotic The everyday script of later times, one of three on a famous stone.
Duat The underworld the sun crossed each night.
Geb The god of the earth.
Hathor The goddess of love, music and joy, often shown as a cow.
Hieratic A faster, flowing script written by priests with a brush.
Hieroglyphs Picture signs carved on temples and tombs.
Horus The falcon-headed sky god; each king was his living form.
Isis The goddess, wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.
Khepri The beetle-headed god of the morning sun.
Maat The goddess of truth and order, whose feather was weighed against a heart.
Osiris The god of the dead and of new life.
Palette A board with wells for black and red ink.
Papyrus A marsh plant, and the sheets made from its stalks.
Ptah The god of craftsmen, patron of Memphis.
Rosetta Stone A slab found in 1799 with one decree in three scripts, the key to reading the old signs.
Scribe A trained writer and record keeper.
Scroll A long roll of writing.
Sekhmet The lion-headed goddess of war and healing.
Sobek The crocodile god.
Thoth The ibis-headed god of writing and wisdom.
Wedjat The eye of Horus, a sign of protection.

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt 24

Artisan A skilled maker such as a carver, painter or jeweler.
Barley A grain grown beside wheat.
Bread The daily food, baked from emmer.
Calendar The count of the year; the Egyptian one had 365 days.
Cat A pet that guarded the grain from mice and was held sacred.
Chariot A light two-wheeled cart pulled by horses.
Cubit A measure based on the forearm.
Deben A unit of weight used for setting prices.
Emmer The old kind of wheat that Egyptians grew.
Faience A bright blue-green glazed ware used for beads and small figures.
Farmer A grower of crops; most Egyptians were one.
Flax The plant with blue flowers spun into thread.
Granary A storehouse for grain.
Jewelry Collars, rings and bracelets of gold and colored stones.
Kohl Black eye paint worn by men and women.
Lyre A small harp held in the arms.
Mehen A board game on a coiled snake.
Sandals Open shoes of leather or woven reed.
Senet A board game of thirty squares.
Shaduf A pole with a bucket and a weight for lifting water to the fields.
Sickle A curved blade for cutting grain.
Sistrum A sacred rattle.
Water Clock A bowl that tells time as water drips out; one survives from about 1400 BC.
Wig False hair worn on a shaved or short-cropped head.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the 136 words and every clue were written for this page. Dates, names and places in the clues were checked on October 7, 2026 against English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), among them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza_pyramid_complex and the article on each person, place or thing named in a clue. Licence: own work

How it works

This ancient Egypt printable word search splits the unit five ways: the Nile and the land, pharaohs and queens, pyramids and tombs, writing and gods, and daily life. The first sheet mixes favorites such as Pharaoh, Mummy, Sphinx and Papyrus.

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Pharaohs, pyramids and gods as separate puzzles

Pharaohs and Queens (28) runs from Narmer, about 3100 BC, to Cleopatra, with Hatshepsut, Akhenaten and Ramesses between. Pyramids and Tombs (29) has Mastaba, Sarcophagus, Canopic Jar and Natron. Writing and Gods (27) puts Hieroglyphs and Rosetta Stone beside 15 gods, from Amun and Osiris to Sobek and Khepri.

Short Egyptian words for a first puzzle

Easy Ancient Egypt has 44 words of 3 to 5 letters, many of them names a class already knows: Nile, Giza, Isis, Horus, Thoth, Ankh. For the lands to the south and the rest of the continent, print the Africa word search.

Spellings follow the common English forms: Tutankhamun, Ramesses, Khufu, Hatshepsut.
Canopic Jar, Rosetta Stone and Abu Simbel hide as one run of letters, as in CANOPICJAR.

Questions and answers

Who built the three pyramids of Giza?

They were raised for three kings: the Great Pyramid for Khufu, the second for his son Khafre, and the third and smallest for Menkaure. All three names are in Pharaohs and Queens, and Giza and Sphinx are in the lists too.

How were Egyptian hieroglyphs decoded?

Through the Rosetta Stone, found in 1799, which carries one decree in three scripts: hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek. Jean-François Champollion announced in 1822 that he could read the Egyptian scripts. Rosetta Stone, Demotic and Champollion are words here.

Who found Tutankhamun's tomb?

A team led by Howard Carter, a British archaeologist, in 1922. The tomb still held most of its contents. Tutankhamun, Carter, Death Mask and Burial Chamber are in the lists.

What were Upper and Lower Egypt?

Upper Egypt was the south, upstream on the Nile. Lower Egypt was the north, around the Delta. The Double Crown showed rule over both. Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt and Double Crown are all words in the puzzle.

All 136 words

The Nile and the Land 28

The Nile and the Land, continued

Pharaohs and Queens 28

Pyramids and Tombs 29

Writing and Gods 27

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt 24

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Pharaohs, pyramids and gods as separate puzzles

Short Egyptian words for a first puzzle

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