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Printable Ancient History Word Searches

Print one for yourself, or one sheet for two: race a brother or sister, a partner or a classmate to circle each word first.

Eleven sheets make up these printable Ancient History word searches, from the flint and hand axes of the Stone Age to the Senate of Ancient Rome, with Ancient Civilizations, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, Ancient China and Ancient Greece in between. Three sheets turn to the gods and heroes: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology and the wider Mythology of Egypt and the North.

Mythology has the shortest words, 5.7 letters on average, with twenty-eight of its fifty as short as Nyx, Odin, Thor and Isis, though it also holds Jormungandr. Greek Gods follows at 6.2, with Pan, Eos and Nike beside Hephaestus. Ancient China has seven two-word entries like Great Wall and Silk Road, the Stone Age has six, from Hand Axe to Woolly Rhino, and Ancient Greece keeps only seven short words among Thermopylae and Hippocrates.

A stack of printed word searches, the top one mid-game: two players' names, words circled in blue and red and crossed off the list, its answer key behind it

Ancient History Word Search Printables

All 11 sheets print as one-page PDFs on Letter or A4, each with its own answer key, at three levels. They are free, with no account or email. Pick a level and every sheet below switches to it.

Medium

12×12 grid
15 words
8 directions, a few backwards

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Stone Age
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Ancient Civilizations
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Mesopotamia
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Ancient Egypt
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Ancient India
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Ancient China
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Ancient Greece
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Greek Gods
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Greek Mythology
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Mythology
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Ancient Rome
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Print one sheet and sit side by side, each with a different color pen. When you spot a word, circle it in the grid and cross it off the list in your color. A word belongs to whoever circles it first. When the list is done, count your color: the most words wins. Check any word you doubt against the answer key.