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Sealed tomb room with eye-level slits that holds a statue of the ka
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SERDAB - 2 Down
Royal line (c. 2613-2494 BC) of the golden age of pyramid building
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DYNASTY - 3 Down
Ritual boat buried beside a king's tomb; Khufu's is among the best preserved
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BARQUE - 4 Down
Capstone at the very top of a monument, possibly once gilded
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PYRAMIDION - 5 Down
Kind of "false" vault, as in the Grand Gallery, with overhanging courses
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CORBELLED - 6 Across
Site of the first pyramid, the stepped one of about 2670 BC
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SAQQARA - 7 Down
King whose stepped tomb of about 2670 BC was the first pyramid
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DJOSER - 8 Across
Chief royal official; Hemiunu held this post under Khufu
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VIZIER - 9 Across
Son of Khufu who built the second great Giza pyramid
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KHAFRE - 10 Down
Prince often credited as overseer of works on the Great Pyramid
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HEMIUNU - 11 Down
Built more pyramid volume than any pharaoh; founder of the Fourth Dynasty
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SNEFERU - 12 Across
Annual summer flood that renewed the fields and may have floated stone to Giza
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INUNDATION - 13 Down
Striped royal headcloth worn by pharaohs and by the Great Sphinx
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NEMES - 14 Across
Builder of the smallest of the three main Giza pyramids
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