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Lion's body and human head; the largest one guards the Giza plateau
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SPHINX - 2 Across
"City of the dead": a large, organised cemetery
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NECROPOLIS - 3 Down
Stone coffin; the lidless one in the King's Chamber is Khufu's
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SARCOPHAGUS - 4 Down
Oval rope loop that encloses a royal name
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CARTOUCHE - 5 Across
Hard stone of the burial chamber high inside the Great Pyramid
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GRANITE - 6 Down
Fine white Tura rock used for the pyramids' smooth outer casing
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LIMESTONE - 7 Down
Tomb with a square base and four triangular sides that meet at a point
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PYRAMID - 8 Across
Credited architect of Djoser's Step Pyramid, later worshipped as a god
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IMHOTEP - 9 Down
King of ancient Egypt, seen as a living god
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PHARAOH - 10 Across
Long, walled and roofed ramp between valley temple and mortuary temple
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CAUSEWAY - 11 Across
Low, flat-roofed tomb with sloping sides, forerunner of the pyramid
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MASTABA - 12 Down
Builder of the Great Pyramid, also called Cheops
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KHUFU - 13 Across
Picture-based writing system of ancient Egypt
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HIEROGLYPHS - 14 Across
Greek historian of the 5th century BC who wrote about the pyramids
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HERODOTUS