Across
8 Epoch of the Tertiary period (8)
9 Site of a tell in the Olt Valley in Transylvania (6)
10 Peter ___, English archaeologist, founder of the World Archaeological Congress (4)
11 The Middle Stone Age (10)
12 Paul-Émile ___ (1802-1870), French antiquarian noted for his work in Iraq (5)
13 Tradition of cultures of the Colorado River basin after AD 500 (8)
17 Culture of communities in Ecuador in the Integration Period (7)
19 Goddess of agriculture in Greek mythology (7)
21 Site in Sarawak used from the Palaeolithic to about AD 1000 (4,4)
22 Maya Classic Period ceremonial centre in Yucatán (5)
25 Neolithic burial monument (4,6)
28 Icelandic books of poetry and mythology from the 13th century (4)
29 Style of ceramics of the Intermediate Period from Cuzco, Peru (6)
30 Language spoken around the Mediterranean until about 100 BC (3,5)
Down
1 Palaeolithic industry named after the type-site in Essex, England (10)
2 Part of a Roman legion (6)
3 French city taking its name from the Gallic tribe of the Remi (5)
4 Army that fought the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon (7)
5 Gertrude ___, British archaeologist and explorer of the Middle East (4)
6 One of the styles of Peterborough ware (8)
7 Mesopotamian city on the Euphrates, a commercial centre in the Old Babylonian Period (4)
14 Egyptian goddess, the mother of Osiris (4)
15 Hellenistic city replacing Memphis as Egypt’s capital (10)
16 ___ Bloodaxe, king of Norway and, later, Northumberland (4)
18 ___ Island, Alaskan Palaeo-Arctic site (8)
20 ___ Period, phase of the British Bronze Age (7)
23 ___ Complex, hunter-gatherer communities of the Peruvian coast (6)
24 Root vegetable possibly first cultivated in medieval Scandinavia (5)
26 Roman poet famous for Amores and Ars amatoria (4)
27 Egyptian god of the sun (4)
For answers to #115, see next issue.
Answers to Crossword #114
Across: 6 Strabo, 8 Augustus, 10 Jute, 11 Pirri point, 12 Rongorongo, 14 Seth, 15 Ashmole, 17 Capitol, 20 Abel, 22 Cortaillod, 24 Samian ware, 25 Alan, 26 Delaware, 27 Alaric
Down: 1 Wace, 2 Copper, 3 Tairona, 4 Agricola, 5 Aulnat, 7 Teutons, 9 Snowshill, 13 Gumelnita, 16 Laconian, 18 Otomani, 19 Greaves, 21 Beaker, 23 Abejas, 25 Anat
100 years ago…
A team of excavators led by Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings on 4 November 1922. The young pharaoh ruled c.1334-1325 BC, in ancient Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty, but died aged just 19 years old. His early death was probably the reason for his burial in KV62, a tomb that was significantly smaller than other contemporary royal burials. Despite its size, Tutankhamun’s tomb was filled with many rich funerary goods, including the king’s mummy in its golden sarcophagus. The excavation and recording of the tomb’s contents took an international team of experts and Egyptian workers almost a decade, and the discovery sparked ‘Tut-mania’ around the world. The funerary goods, which were sent to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on their discovery, will be placed on display in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza when construction is complete.
