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Tunisian Tapestry: Historic and Cultural Lexicon
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Across
  • 1. Earthenware pot and stew symbolizing Maghrebi culinary art
  • 2. Legendary Tunisian footballer famed for deft technique
  • 4. Phoenician rival of Rome, reborn near Tunisian shores
  • 6. Roman architectural form found in ancient Tunisian ruins
  • 7. Colloquial term for Tunis’s vibrant traditional marketplace
  • 11. River Styx cousin; mythic water linked to underworld lore
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  • 3. Handwoven textile emblematic of Berber aesthetics and craft
  • 5. Intricate Islamic geometric motif adorning mosque interiors
  • 8. Traditional string instrument of West African influence linked to diaspora
  • 9. Ephemeral river valley, dry for most of the year
  • 10. Carthaginian general crossing Alps with elephants en route to Rome
  • 12. Ancient urban core where labyrinthine alleys weave history
  • 13. Desert spear sport echoing nomadic valor near southern Tunis
  • 14. Museum housing mosaics preserved from Roman magnificence

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