Buried in Ash: Pompeii

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Hard outer layer of the Earth or of bread (5)
  2. 4. Rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos (4)
  3. 5. A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster (plural) (8)
  4. 8. An anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture (plural) (14)
  5. 9. A small group of indispensable persons or things (4)
  6. 10. No longer in existence (7)
  7. 12. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up (6)
  8. 13. The cloak as a symbol of authority (6)
  9. 14. A public meeting or assembly for open discussion (5)

Down

  1. 1. A fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire (plural) (7)
  2. 2. An early Christian church designed like a Roman ___ (8)
  3. 3. Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others (9)
  4. 6. Capable of reproducing (7)
  5. 7. Structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns (plural) (10)
  6. 8. Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (6)
  7. 11. Molten rock in the earth's crust (5)