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Across
6 Glazed coloured earthenware (7)
7 Native American people of the Pacific Northwest (7)
10 Member of a Germanic people originally settled on the Baltic coast (4)
11 Capital of Persia founded by Darius I (10)
12 Palaeolithic communities of south-central Siberia (8,7)
13 Thomas ___, British antiquarian, author of Ten Years’ Diggings (1861) (7)
16 First king of Attica in Greek mythology (7)
19 Wind-blown sediments often covering archaeological sites (7,8)
23 Legendary ruler sometimes associated with South Cadbury hillfort (4,6)
24 Mesopotamian city destroyed by the Babylonian king Hammurabi (4)
25 Indian Ocean islands settled by Austronesians c.8th century AD (7)
26 Iron Age tribe of north-west Scotland (7)
Down
1 ___ ware, pottery made near Cologne in the 8th and 9th centuries AD (6)
2 Timber circle on the Norfolk coast discovered in 1998 (8)
3 ___ Africanus, Roman general who destroyed Carthage in 146 BC (6)
4 Member of a military unit, originally slaves, who ruled Egypt until the 19th century (8)
5 Roman infantry unit comprising about 480 soldiers (6)
8 Item of riding equipment originating in China roughly 2,000 years ago (7)
9 Iron Age culture of eastern Yorkshire (5)
14 First name of explorer, born in Florence in 1451, who voyaged to the New World (7)
15 Greek lyric poet born in Teos, Ionia (8)
17 ___ Cramp, British archaeologist, author of Studies in Anglo-Saxon Sculpture (1992) (8)
18 US state containing the Wilson Butte Cave archaeological site (5)
20 Unit of a Roman army (6)
21 White marble quarried on the island of Paros, Greece (6)
22 Mycenaean settlement in southern Greece (6)
For answers to #127, see next issue.
Answers to Crossword #126
Across: 7 Clovis, 9 Atalanta, 10 Ostrogoths, 11 Acre, 12 Anchises,13 Oscan, 16 Atwater, 18 Ferrara, 20 Crete, 21 Carthage, 24 Inca, 26 Ellis Minns, 27 Bulgaria, 28 Seneca.
Down: 1 Alaska, 2 Ivory Coast, 3 Cartier, 4 Balsa, 5 Tara, 6 Star Carr, 8 Signifer, 14 Sarmatians, 15 Peltasts, 17 Tarentum, 19 Saalian, 22 Eunice, 23 Petra, 25 Argo.
200 years ago…
The House of the Tragic Poet was discovered in Pompeii in 1824. The house, which was built in the 2nd century BC, is located in Region 6, Insula 8, facing on to the Via di Nola, opposite the Forum baths. It was unearthed in November 1824 during excavations in the western part of the ancient city led by Antonio Bonucci, who was Director of Archaeological Works at Pompeii at this time. Although a relatively small structure, the house contains a number of ornate frescoes and mosaics that are among the finest in Pompeii. These artworks depict several scenes from Greek mythology, as well as an elaborate theatrical scene in the tablinum, which gave the house its name. However, the House of the Tragic Poet is perhaps most famous for the mosaic found in the main entryway, which shows a dog accompanied by the words CAVE CANEM (‘beware of the dog’). The house’s decoration indicates that it was home to a well-off family, but not much is known about its inhabitants or their fate during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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