British Museum: How Much Do You Remember?
Across
- 5. We walked past this famous object, which helped in the decipherment of heiroglyphs (7, 5)
- 7. Two __________ from Mycenae's "Treasury of Atreus" can be found at the side of one of the museum's doors (7)
- 12. Two mythical figures whose marriage was depicted on a vase in Gallery 13 (6,3,6)
- 14. This African country was ruled by Greek royals between 323 and 30 BCE (5)
- 15. A monster killed by Theseus (8)
- 16. This Athenian politician organised the building of the Parthenon (8)
- 18. A city in Anatolia (Turkey) that mixed Greek and Persian styles (7)
- 20. These warrior women were often shown fighting the Greeks (7)
- 21. Large, triangular parts of a Greek temple (9)
- 22. The part of Athens where the Parthenon was built (9)
- 23. The Parthenon Frieze showed a long ________ in honour of Athena (11)
Down
- 1. An Italian civilisation who influenced the Romans (9)
- 2. You may have seen a Roman writing tablet from this fort on Hadrian's Wall (10)
- 3. A Greek city whose Temple of Apollo had a famous frieze, now in the Museum (6)
- 4. This British aristocrat is famous for taking parts of the Parthenon back to London (4, 5)
- 6. This Roman emperor's head was hacked off in a raid and buried beneath a temple (8)
- 7. This island was particularly important in the Greek Bronze Age (5)
- 8. This surprising symbol can sometimes be found decorating Greek pottery and Roman silverware (8)
- 9. A battle between the Greeks and these monsters was shown on the Parthenon (8)
- 10. Name given to a Mycenaean coffin (6)
- 11. This empire first destroyed Athens in 480 BC and then was conquered by Alexander the Great (6)
- 13. This Greek hero was depicted on a famous kylix (drinking-cup) (8)
- 17. These sculptures were divided into clear 'blocks' on the Doric Frieze (7)
- 19. The symbol of Athens on its coins (3)
- 20. In legend, the king of Mycenae (9)
- 21. The platform of a Roman temple (6)