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Egyptian Myth Crossword Puzzle

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This is a crossword based on the gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt (from Predynastic through the New Kingdom) and their stories. This puzzle generally uses the most common US English spelling of Egyptian names. Because there is a high amount of variation in vowels, most are used in multiple words to minimize misspellings.
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      1. King of the Gods during New Kingdom
      7. In D&D, Set has this alignment (abbr.)
      8. ___-Sed: the Jubilee Festival
      10. Sacred protective animals
      12. Scarab god of rising sun
      13. Semitic deity who became prominent in 2nd Intermediate Period
      14. Goddess of the Sky
      15. Cow goddess of motherhood; Major temple found at Dendara
      16. Memphite god of craftmen
      18. God of the desert and oases
      20. Two pillars representing the gateway to a temple
      22. Set is known for playing ______ on his brother.
      23. The centipede goddess __ named Sepa
      24. Set ____ the day he decided to kill his brother
      25. Location of major temple dedicated to Sobek and Horus
      26. Sun God
      28. Museum in Washington D.C. with lots of Egyptian artifacts (abbr.)
      29. Semitic god of the Hyksos equated with Set
      31. The Egyptian Exploration Society is located here as well as numerous Egyptian artifacts (abbr.)
      33. The deification of creative speech as used by the Memphite creator gods
      34. God of the air
      35. Mythological first king of Egypt as named by Manetho
      36. Goddess of Truth and Justice; symbolized by a feather
      37. Also known as Tiglath-Pileser III who helped Assyria conquer Egypt
      38. Wadjet is the ___ of Horus
      40. Nekhbet was the symbol of this piece of regalia representing Upper Egypt (2 words)
      41. A sphinx is half human and half this other animal

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      1. Hieroglyphic symbol of life
      2. Number of gods Akhenaten worshipped
      3. Wife of Set and guardian of the dead
      4. Center of monotheistic religion; the rays of the sun
      5. Writing god depicted as Baboon or Ibis-headed
      6. Predynastic goddess symbolizing the Milky Way
      9. Cat goddess
      10. The four sons of Horus protected these objects which contained body parts (2 words)
      11. The Akhet represented this solar event
      16. Seshat was the goddess of this plant representing Lower Egypt
      17. Bull god of fertility
      18. Falcon-headed god of Kingship
      19. Jackal-headed god of mummification
      21. God of chaos, deserts, and trickery
      27. Part of the Egyptian spirit
      29. This mythological stone was the symbol of the primordial mound on which Atum stood
      30. The deification of the primordial chaotic waters. Also the hieroglyph for water
      32. During the Judgement, a person's heart was placed on this instrument
      33. This dangerous Nile creature was believed to have killed the first Pharaoh
      36. Wife of Amon, mother of Khonsu
      37. Some say that the Egyptians used this mathematical constant to build the pyramids
      39. Location of the worship of the sun-disk: __-Amarna