Abu Simbel Word Search
Free Abu Simbel (Aswan) word search. We picked 12 themed words — architectural features, history, and surrounding places — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Located in Aswan.
Words to find: ABUSIMBEL, RAMSES, COLOSSUS, BASRELIEF, LINTEL, FRIEZE, ALTAR, SANCTUARY, HYPOSTYLE, GRANITE, SANDSTONE, NILE.
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Abu Simbel word list, defined
- COLOSSUS /kəˈlɒsəs/ · noun
- A statue that is much larger than life size; by extension, a person or thing of enormous size, power, or importance. Related: giant, titan, mammoth, behemoth.
- LINTEL /ˈlɪntəl/ · noun
- A horizontal beam or lintel of stone, wood, or other structural material placed across the top of a doorway or window. It may support the wall above the opening or serve as a decorative architectural element. Related: header, headpiece, overdoor, architrave.
- FRIEZE /friːz/ · noun
- A broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially one running along the upper part of a wall in classical architecture between the architrave and cornice. A second, now chiefly historical sense refers to a heavy, coarse woollen cloth. Related: band, border, fresco, panel.
- ALTAR /ˈɔːltər/ · noun
- A raised structure or table on which sacrifices, offerings, or religious rites are performed, typically in a place of worship. Related: communion table, sacrificial stone, shrine, sanctuary.
- SANCTUARY /ˈsæŋktʃuəri/ · noun; verb (rare)
- A place of refuge or protection, especially a sacred place or an establishment that shelters people or animals from danger; by extension, the protection or secure status afforded by such a place. Related: refuge, haven, asylum, shelter.
- HYPOSTYLE /ˈhaɪ.pəˌstaɪl/ · noun
- An architectural interior or building whose roof is supported by columns, often arranged in several rows or a dense forest of pillars. Related: columned hall, pillared hall, columned interior, pillared interior.
- GRANITE /ˈɡrænɪt/ · noun, adjective
- A hard, coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of quartz, feldspar, and mica, formed by the slow cooling of magma and widely used as a building and sculptural material. In figurative use, the word denotes exceptional hardness, permanence, or unyielding strength. Related: stone, rock.
- SANDSTONE /ˈsænd.stəʊn/ (British) /ˈsænd.stoʊn/ (US) · noun
- A sedimentary rock formed from grains of sand that have been deposited, compacted, and cemented together by minerals. It commonly occurs in layers and may vary in color from pale yellow and brown to red. Related: sedimentary stone.
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