| STRIGIL | A curved blade used by the ancient Romans and Greeks to scrape the body after bathing (7) |
| TALCUM | ____ powder, a preparation with a pleasant smell put on the body after bathing (6) |
| PILLARS | The ___ of Hercules: name given by the ancient Greeks to the promontories on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar (7) |
| 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 |
| PAPYRUS | Plant-derived writing material used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans (7) |
| SCALPEL | A knife with a with a short, thin, sharp blade, used by a surgeon (7) |
| TESTUDO | Form of shelter used by the ancient Roman Army for protection against attack from above (7) |
| ASPHALT | Still used today, what was used by the ancient Babylonians as a building material? (7) |
| CLEAVER | A tool with a heavy blade used by butchers for cutting meat (7) |
| AMAZONS | Female warriors believed by the ancient Greeks to live in Scythia (7) |
| ALLERGY | Adverse reaction of the body after eating a certain food (7) |
| CHARIOT | Horse-drawn carriage used in ancient Roman and Byzantine racing (7) |
| SPATULA | Broad blunt blade used by a chef (7) |
| SABRE | Type of backsword with a curved blade, used by the hussars (5) |
| SUNBURN | Painful experience after bathing? (7) |
| SCIMITAR | Sword with curved blade used by the Turks and Persians (8) |
| ENROBES | Dresses after bathing |
| KUKRI | Sword with a curved blade used by Gurkhas (5) |
| LEAD | Also called plumbum, a toxic element whose use in everyday life by the Ancient Romans is said by some to have contributed to the empire's downfall (4) |
| LINEN | Used by the ancient Egyptians to wrap Tutankhamun's mummy and by Matilda as the ground fabric for the Bayeux Tapestry, a textile woven from flax (5) |
