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SAQQARAIt was begun c. 2630 BCE, and it was the first pyramid to be built. It housed the tomb of King Djoser, who ruled Egypt during the Third Dynasty. Where is this pyramid located?
INNERTEMPLEWhich of the Inns of Court was thought to have begun in the 13th century when it housed the lawyers who advised the Knights Templar? (5,6)
IMHOTEPChief minister of the Egyptian pharaoh Djoser (2630-2611 BC), posthumously identified with Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine (7)
LYONA Roman military colony called Lugdunum was founded on the site of this French city in 43 BCE, and it subsequently became the capital of the Gauls. This place reached its peak of classical development
GLOUCESTERCity on the River Severn whose cathedral contains the tomb of King Edward II (10)
SIENAThis Italian city was originally an Etruscan settlement that grew to become ancient Roman city. Its cathedral was begun in the 12th century in the Romanesque style but transformed in the 13th century
CARTERHoward , archaeologist who discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1922 (6)
PACKIs it housed in a suitcase? (4)
TOMBPyramid, to Tut
TWOFOLDDouble time was begun long ago (7)
VERONAIt became a Roman colony in 89 BCE and rose in importance because it was at the junction of main roads between Italy and northern Europe. The poet Catullus was born there. In Romeo and Juliet (act 1,
MANTUAThis is a city in the region of Lombardy. Roman colonization began about 220 BCE, and the poet Virgil was born at nearby Andes in 70 BCE. In Romeo and Juliet (act 3, scene 5), Juliet says, "It is some
GREATBELZONIIn 1817, this collector of antiquities and explorer first set foot inside the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings, where he discovered Seti's sarcophagus. He was known by many epithets, but the
DURHAMCity on the Wear, site of a castle constructed in 1072 under the orders of William the Conqueror and a cathedral containing the tomb of the Venerable Bede (6)
EDENThe Garden of in the Old Testament housed the Tree Of Knowledge Of Good And Evil (4)
DAYSOFTHUNDERIt was the first of three films to star Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (4,2,7)
WALTHAMABBEYEssex church which housed the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries (7,5)
ZOMBIEA film starring Bela Lugosi was released in New York City on July 28, 1932; it was the first full-length feature film to feature this undead creature
ADAMANTInsisting it was the first insect to appear in the garden? (7)
JETENGINEIn August, 1939, the Heinkel He-178 flew; it was the first plane successfully powered by a ... (3,6)