| ARCHAEOLOGY | Study of ancient civilisations through relics... (11) |
| MESOPOTAMIA | Site of ancient civilisations between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (11) |
| AEGEAN | _Sea, the cradle of ancient civilisations such as the Minoan and Mycenaean (6) |
| INCA | Part of main camp for member of ancient civilisation (4) |
| ETRUSCAN | Of ancient civilisation in Italy |
| MAYAN | No American recalled member of ancient civilisation |
| INCORRECT | Member of ancient civilisation destroyed, you might say? Wrong |
| TINCAN | What preserves time of ancient civilisation |
| BABYLONIAN | Northern Ireland overwhelmed by tiny advance of ancient civilisation |
| INDUS | Valley of ancient civilisation (5) |
| TIN | It preserves last artefact of ancient civilisation (3,3) |
| CAN | It preserves last artefact of ancient civilisation (3,3) |
| INCAN | Distinctive land at the heart of ancient civilisation |
| ROMANEMPIRE | Ancient civilisation centred in Italy (5,6) |
| EGYPTOLOGY | The study of the ancient civilisations of the Nile region |
| MYTHOLOGY | Study of ancient tales of gods and heroes |
| SCHAMA | Presenter of Civilisations, A History of Britain and Power of Art, the latter exploring masterpieces by the likes of Bernini, Caravaggio, David, Picasso, Rembrandt, Turner and others (6) |
| OLDEN | Look up study of ancient history? (5) |
| CLASSICS | Study of ancient Greek literature (8) |
| RUNOLOGY | Abandoned your long study of ancient alphabets (8) |
