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Ancient Egypt Word Search
Free Ancient Egypt word search puzzles to print or play online.
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Nile River
8 words to find
- NILE
- RIVER
- BOAT
- REEDS
- FISH
- DELTA
- FLOOD
- SAND
Drag from the first to the last letter of a word, or tap the first letter and then the last. The PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
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18 printable Ancient Egypt word search puzzles
eighteen puzzles in three levels. Easy puzzles are 10 by 10 grids with eight words across and down, medium puzzles are 13 by 13 with twelve words and diagonals, and hard puzzles are 16 by 16 with eighteen words in every direction, backwards too. The themes include the Nile, pharaohs, pyramids, gods and goddesses, mummies, hieroglyphs and the archaeologists who found them. Every puzzle has an answer key and prints on US Letter or A4. Every one of these 18 puzzles is free: play it online above or print its PDF, with the answer key on page 2. No account, no email.
Easy: across and down 6 puzzles
Medium: across, down and diagonal 6 puzzles
Hard: every direction, backwards too 6 puzzles
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How to use these Ancient Egypt word searches
Teachers can use an easy puzzle to open a unit on the Nile and the pyramids, and the hard puzzles as extension work for older students. Homeschool families can pair them with a museum visit or a library book. History clubs and care home groups can solve a pharaoh puzzle together. Each PDF has the puzzle on page 1 and the answer key on page 2.
Make your own Ancient Egypt word search
Add your own words, a name or a class list to these ancient egypt words and pick a level. The preview is free; the printable PDF with its answer key is $1.99.
Good to know about Ancient Egypt word search
Every Ancient Egypt puzzle on this page is free to play online and free to print as a PDF with its answer key, one by one. Only the optional booklet, all 18 puzzles bundled into one print-ready file, costs money.
Start with the easy Nile River, Pyramids and Gods and Goddesses puzzles, then move to the medium Famous Pharaohs and Hieroglyphs and Writing puzzles. The medium grids are 13 by 13 with twelve words.
Mummies and Burial has MUMMY, SARCOPHAGUS, CANOPIC JAR and EMBALMING, and the hard puzzle Religion and Afterlife covers the Book of the Dead, the weighing of souls and the underworld.
Famous Pharaohs has TUTANKHAMUN, RAMSES and CLEOPATRA. The hard puzzle Discovery and Archaeology lists HOWARD CARTER, LORD CARNARVON, PETRIE and BELZONI, plus excavation and radiocarbon dating terms.
Easy puzzles (10 by 10, words across and down) work from about age 6. Medium puzzles (13 by 13, diagonals added) suit ages 8 to 11. Hard puzzles (16 by 16, every direction, backwards too) are for older kids and adults.
Page 2 of every PDF is the answer key, with each word marked where it hides. When you play online, the Show answers button marks them on the grid.
Every puzzle comes as a US Letter PDF (8.5 by 11 inches) and an A4 PDF (210 by 297 mm). Print at 100% or Actual size.
Every puzzle on this page plays in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer: drag or tap from the first to the last letter of a word. Nothing to install and no account.
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