| LUXOR | A city in Egypt, on the River Nile; the site of many ruins and tombs (5) |
| MAYAN | Like many ruins in Belize |
| ARABIAN | Desert in Egypt between the Nile, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez (7) |
| AFRICA | The world's second-largest continent, location of the Nile, the Sahara, Victoria Falls and Mount Kilimanjaro (6) |
| ALEXANDRIA | A virtual assistant with new medico, best to turn up in a city in Egypt (10) |
| SAID | Stated it was a city in Egypt (4) |
| OLD | Like many ruins |
| CAIRO | The capital city of Egypt, on the River Nile (5) |
| ASYUT | Ancient city in central Egypt on the River Nile. (5) |
| ASWAN | Ancient town in Egypt, on the Nile, just below the First Cataract |
| AISNE | For which department in northern France, the site of many battles, is Laon the capital? (5) |
| NUBIA | Ancient region on the River Nile, home to the Kingdom of Kush which conquered Egypt in the 8th Century BC (5) |
| GAUL | Village in Egypt on the Nile that occupies part of the site of ancient Thebes (6) |
| KARNAK | Village in Egypt on the Nile that occupies part of the site of ancient Thebes (6) |
| CATANIA | This city in Italy was founded in 729 BCE by Chalcidians and then renamed Aetna in the 5th century BCE. It is home to ancient Roman and Greek ruins and structures, and it was rebuilt in Baroque style |
| TRAIL | Path leads to tiny ruin and icy lake (5) |
| ABYDOS | An ancient town in central Egypt, the site of many temples and tombs (6) |
| CROFT | Videogame heroine and Tomb Raider protagonist, Lara ... |
| LARA | Forename of a fictional British archaeologist and tomb raider in a series of video games and films (4) |
| ESDRAELON | The site of many ancient battles, by what other name is the Plain of Jezreel also known? (9) |
