| PHOENICIA | The people of this ancient territory (modern-day Lebanon) were renowned as great sea traders (9) |
| AMATI | Stradivari, Guarneri and which other Cremona family were renowned violin makers? (5) |
| PHOENICIAN | Ancient resident of modern-day Lebanon (10) |
| ELIS | 2nd century CE geographer Pausanias described the people of this Olympic city as being the only ones who worshipped the god Hades |
| MENHIR | Standing stone erected by the people of this place, they say |
| MERCHANT | Sounds like lament after French sea trader (8) |
| EURIPIDES | Electra is one of the works of this Ancient Greek dramatist |
| GUATEMALA | Rigoberta Menchu received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for her work among the indigenous people of this Central American republic |
| DESTROYER | One dispatches ungulates crossing east part of this ancient city |
| YAJURVEDA | Terrible, energy-filled Vajrayudha cut devilish Vritra's feet in this ancient Indian text (9) |
| LAODICEA | 8/9 - in the case of this ancient city of Asia Minor, the Lycus (8) |
| CHINA | The Four Great Inventions of this ancient culture are the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printi |
| OSTIA | The name of this ancient Roman port on the river Tiber is derived from the Latin word for mouth |
| AZTEC | Tenochtitlan was the capital of this ancient empire in modern day Mexico (5) |
| GLADIATOR | This ancient Roman entertainer usually worked in an arena |
| SHEBA | According to the Bible, Solomon's royal visitor was the queen of this ancient kingdom |
| ACHILLES | Your weak spot might be described as the heel of this ancient Greek warrior |
| PERSIA | Cyrus the Great was a noted king of this ancient land (6) |
| EDALE | Derbyshire village renowned as the southern starting point of the Pennine Way (5) |
| KARATE | The Western translation of this ancient martial art is 'empty hand' |
