Great Pyramid of Giza - Quiz
A) First century AD B) Second century BC C) Third century AD D) Fourth century AD
A) To prevent the lower classes from remaining unoccupied B) To act as a massive astronomical calendar C) To serve as a temple for animal worship D) To guide travelers through the desert
A) They were recorded by Egyptian priests B) They were carefully inscribed on gold plates C) They were known only to the pharaoh's family D) Accident consigned them to oblivion
A) Melted snow brought from northern mountains B) Underground springs tapped by drilling C) Rainwater collected from seasonal storms D) Water redirected from the river
A) Pythagoras of Samos B) Thales of Miletus C) Herodotus D) Aristotle
A) Eighty-six cubits B) Fifty cubits C) One hundred and twenty cubits D) Thirty cubits
A) They were astronomical observatories B) They were ancient fortresses C) They were Joseph's granary D) They were giant lighthouses
A) Melania B) Paula C) Helena D) Egeria
A) Alexandria and Memphis B) Thebes and Heliopolis C) Memphis and Babylonia D) Luxor and Cairo
A) 300 and 310 AD B) 450 and 455 AD C) 250 and 260 AD D) 381 and 384 AD
A) Al-Masudi B) Stephanos of Byzantium C) Pliny the Elder D) Julius Honorius
A) Monuments of Vanity B) Tombs of the Kings C) Granaries of Joseph D) Pillars of the Flood
A) Stephanos of Byzantium B) Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi C) Al-Kaisi D) Julius Honorius
A) Height B) Wheat C) Fire D) Stone
A) Rashidun Caliphate B) Roman Empire C) Ottoman Empire D) Abbasid Caliphate
A) al-Ma'mun B) al-Masudi C) al-Afdal Shahanshah D) al-Maqrizi
A) Surid Ibn Salhouk B) Hermes C) Joseph D) Agathodaimon
A) He wanted to hide his vast personal wealth B) He had a terrifying dream of the world's end C) He sought to honor his ancestors D) He wanted to store grain for a famine
A) Fifty years B) One hundred years C) Three hundred years D) Thousand years
A) al-Kaisi B) Ibn al-Nadim C) Al-Maqrizi D) al-Masudi
A) A magical amulet B) A thousand coins C) A written curse D) A secret map
A) One ounce B) Four ounces C) Half an ounce D) Ten ounces
A) They were dropped by ancient grave robbers B) They were naturally formed metal deposits C) They were left by Roman merchants D) They were planted by al-Ma'mun to appease his workers
A) al-Baghdadi B) Ibn al-Nadim C) Julius Honorius D) Egeria
A) A scribe holding a scroll and a priest holding a bowl B) A king holding a scepter and a queen holding a lotus C) A man holding a tablet and a woman holding a mirror D) Two lions guarding a golden chest
A) A collection of silver coins B) A glowing emerald stone C) A gold receptacle filled with fresh blood D) A sacred scroll written in hieroglyphs
A) Skeletal and completely decayed B) Turned entirely to dust C) Best possible state of preservation D) Wrapped in simple linen
A) Al-Khitat B) Akbar al-zaman C) Tohfat Alalbab D) Account of Egypt
A) A silver plaque of a sun god B) A crystal carving of a cat C) An image of a man in green stone D) A golden statue of a falcon
A) Copper chainmail B) Jewel-encrusted gold armour C) A silk robe embroidered with stars D) Simple white linen wrappings
A) Al-Maqrizi B) Surid Ibn Salhouk C) al-Ma'mun D) al-Afdal Shahanshah
A) A member of the party was lost in the passages B) The vizier ordered them to stop due to bad omens C) They found a massive stone wall blocking the way D) They ran out of oil for their lamps
A) Ibn al-Nadim B) al-Masudi C) al-Kaisi D) Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi
A) Crude structures built by slaves B) Useless heaps of rubble C) Follies of arrogant kings D) Works of engineering genius
A) Agathodaimon or Hermes B) Surid or Moses C) Joseph or Pharaoh D) Pliny or Thales
A) al-Baghdadi B) Al-Maqrizi C) al-Kaisi D) al-Masudi
A) A burial stele B) A golden urn C) The sarcophagus D) A stone altar
A) Egeria B) Stephanos of Byzantium C) Dionysius I Telmaharoyo D) Julius Honorius
A) A haunted structure B) A holy sanctuary C) A hidden treasury D) A royal palace
A) It was home to animals like bats B) It was filled with poisonous gas C) It was guarded by local bandits D) It was plagued by rising floodwaters
A) The only remaining temple B) The newest monument C) The most famous landmark D) The smallest structure
A) Pharaoh Khufu B) Pharaoh Khafre C) Pharaoh Menkaure D) Pharaoh Ramesses II
A) Eighteenth Dynasty B) First Dynasty C) Twelfth Dynasty D) Fourth Dynasty
A) Old Kingdom B) Middle Kingdom C) Late Period D) New Kingdom
A) 135.0 metres B) 146.6 metres C) 120.5 metres D) 160.2 metres
A) Smooth white limestone casing B) Basalt paving stones C) Red granite blocks D) Sandstone bricks
A) 125.0 metres B) 150.4 metres C) 138.5 metres D) 146.6 metres
A) 4.5 million cubic metres B) 2.6 million cubic metres C) 6.0 million cubic metres D) 1.1 million cubic metres
A) 4+1/2 palms B) 7 palms C) 5+1/2 palms D) 3 palms
A) 60°30'15" B) 55°00'00" C) 45°10'20" D) 51°50'40"
A) 2 million tonnes B) 10 million tonnes C) 6 million tonnes D) 500,000 tonnes
A) Mud slurry without lime B) Mortar C) Wooden dowels D) Iron clamps
A) Aswan B) Luxor C) Giza D) Tura
A) Tura B) Memphis C) Aswan D) Thebes
A) Into a separate detached shrine B) Into the apex C) Into the outer casing D) Into the bedrock
A) Amenhotep B) Senenmut C) Hemiunu D) Imhotep
A) They are universally agreed upon by all experts B) There is no definite consensus C) They have been completely rejected by modern archaeology D) They have been fully proven by written records
A) A causeway B) A grand staircase C) A stone bridge D) An underground tunnel
A) A sun temple pyramid B) An obelisk pyramid C) A memorial cenotaph pyramid D) A satellite pyramid
A) Two B) Seven C) Three D) Five
A) Egypt B) Sudan C) Libya D) Jordan
A) Subterranean Crypt B) Queen's Chamber C) King's Chamber D) Pharaoh's Vault
A) Queen's Chamber B) King's Chamber C) Vizier's Room D) Bedrock Chamber
A) Inscriptions B) Life C) Equality D) Death
A) Monumental equality B) High social status C) Small mastabas D) Uninscribed chambers
A) Royal decrees versus work-gang graffiti B) Temples versus valley shrines C) Gigantic pyramids versus smaller mastabas D) Gold sarcophagi versus wooden coffins
A) 2400 BC B) 1442 BC C) 2600 BC D) 1364 BC
A) The mortuary cult's creation B) The sealing of the boat pits C) The First Intermediate Period D) The Sed festival
A) The mortuary temple B) The valley temple C) The pyramid temple D) The Sed festival temple
A) 1500–1580 AD B) 1364–1442 C) 1200–1300 AD D) 2600–2500 BC
A) Work-gang graffiti that include Khufu's names B) Text describing the Sed festival C) Instructions on how to build pyramids D) List of offerings for the mortuary cult
A) The 20th century B) The Middle Ages C) Classical antiquity D) The New Kingdom
A) 1936 B) 1837 C) 2013 D) 1954
A) White paint B) Red paint C) Black paint D) Blue paint
A) Goyon B) Herodotus C) Merer D) Hassan
A) Djedefre B) Pepi II C) Khafre D) Khufu
A) Agricultural chronology B) Astronomical chronology C) Economic chronology D) Political chronology
A) Reign lengths B) Ancient king lists C) Radiocarbon dating D) Genealogical data
A) 12 B) 30 C) 46 D) 100
A) Abeer Eladany B) Khufu C) Waynman Dixon D) James Grant
A) Bronze hook B) Cedar plank C) Stone mallet D) Papyrus fragment
A) 1946 B) 1872 C) 2020 D) 1984
A) 2020 B) 1995 C) 1946 D) 1872
A) Khufu B) Abeer Eladany C) James Grant D) Waynman Dixon
A) Ramsey B) Manetho C) Herodotus D) Greaves
A) Souphis B) Manetho C) Cheops D) Greaves
A) 12th B) 4th C) 20th D) 1st
A) Greaves B) Ramesses C) Souphis D) Herodotus
A) 450 BC B) 1950 C) 1646 D) 1837
A) The afterlife B) Creationism C) The biblical deluge D) The Exodus
A) Chemical decay B) Radiation exposure C) Inbuilt age D) Mineral absorption
A) Solar alignments B) Geological alignments C) Astronomical alignments D) Magnetic alignments
A) Over 1000 B) Exactly 100 C) Under 50 D) Over 200
A) Dendrochronology B) Luminescence dating C) Radiocarbon dating D) Geomancy
A) The fourth book B) The second book C) The first book D) The third book
A) Sesostris B) Chephren C) Mycerinus D) Cheops
A) One-year shifts B) Three-month shifts C) One-month shifts D) Six-month shifts
A) 100 yards B) 50 yards C) 10 yards D) 20 yards
A) 32 yards B) 25 yards C) 16 yards D) 8 yards
A) The Valley Temple B) The boat pits C) The 'Osiris Shaft' D) The Sphinx temple |
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