Theban Excavations Initially Require A Tractor To Move Clay Crossword Clue

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	100%	10		Theban excavations initially require a tractor to move clay
	noun • a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware
	99%	10		Exact Match!
	noun • a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware • a brownish orange color that resembles Terra cotta.
	32%	7		Conflict during the Theban-Spartan War
	noun • Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece

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	Clue	Source
1	Archaeological excavations The Guardian Quick - 01 Aug 2012	The Guardian Quick / 01 Aug 2012
2	Archaeologist whose excavations in the Valley of the Kings, financed by the 5th Earl of Carnarvon of Highclere Castle, led to said Egyptologist’s discovery of the intact tomb of the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 18 Feb 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 18 Feb 2023
3	Clay pottery often seen in archaeological excavations
4	Does not require deep excavations
5	Lodgings - excavations! The Guardian Quick - 23 Sep 2000	The Guardian Quick / 23 Sep 2000
6	One of Heinrich Schliemann's excavations New York Times - 05 Oct 2012	New York Times / 05 Oct 2012
7	Word for jabs or pokes to the ribs; taunts; archaeological excavations; spells of shovelling; or, lodgings Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 12 Aug 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 12 Aug 2023

Brownish red
Unfinished row of unfinished housing in clay
Italian for "baked earth"
Reformed tart to care for earthenware object
Brownish infusion contains cooked carrot and tomato, initially
Some roofing
Trace rat to broken earthenware
Red and earthy like Chinese army
*Brownish-orange

Flowerpot material
Brownish orange
Ornamental building material Lawrence on a tractor damaged
React to art reproduced in reddish-brown colour
Collection of Chinese warrior sculptures, discovered 1974
Warm-colored pottery material
Brownish-orange shade
Brownish-orange
Impressive model soldiers working at crematory art

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