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Across
8 US state containing the Last Supper Cave archaeological site (6)
9 Persian dynasty founded by Ardashir I (8)
10 US state, location of the Hell Island archaeological site (8)
11 Military governor of feudal Japan (6)
12 ___ culture, Neolithic communities of Croatia and Bosnia (6)
13 Australian state, location of the Warragarra rock-shelter site (8)
15 Ancient city on the Tigris (7)
17 Iron Age tribe of north-west Scotland (7)
20 Last epoch of the Tertiary period (8)
22 ___ quern, the lower stationary stone used for grinding grain (6)
24 Decorated band along the top of a wall (6)
26 Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, or Neolithic (5,3)
27 Phoenician city-state destroyed by Rome in 146 BC (8)
28 Country containing the Serra da Capivara World Heritage Site (6)
Down
1 Roman philosopher, statesman, and dramatist (6)
2 One of the hills of Rome (8)
3 Earliest epoch of the Tertiary period (10)
4 Fertility goddess of the Phoenicians (7)
5 Ancient Egyptian fertility goddess (4)
6 South ___, US state, location of Cooper Village archaeological site (6)
7 Geological period following the Ordovician (8)
14 ___ Man, early name applied to skull fragments found in Kent in the 1930s (10)
16 Member of an ancient people of the Balkans (8)
18 The ___, ancient track running east from Avebury (8)
19 George ___ (1867-1942), American Egyptologist (7)
21 Location of a Makah village site in Washington State, USA (6)
23 A covered open arcade (6)
25 Ancient civilisation whose capital, Susa, was captured by Nebuchadnezzar (4)
For answers to #134, see next issue.
Answers to Crossword #133
Across: 7 La Tène, 8 Atalanta, 10 Satyr play, 11 Seth, 12 Eocene, 13 Alamanni, 15 Leander, 17 Odoacer, 20 Piltdown, 22 Tatary, 23 Hera, 25 Afarensis, 26 Missouri, 27 Bhutan.
Down: 1 Maeshowe, 2 West Kennet, 3 Petrie, 4 Saalian, 5 Maryland, 6 Naas, 9 Titan, 14 Anastasius, 16 Eboracum, 18 Etruscan, 19 Ontario, 21 Iceni, 22 Thembu, 24 Apse.
