The Great Pyramid of Giza - Quiz
A) Pharaoh Ramses B) Pharaoh Akhenaten C) Pharaoh Tutankhamun D) Pharaoh Khufu
A) Fortress B) Tomb for a pharaoh C) Astronomical observatory D) Temple for worship
A) Saqqara complex B) Luxor complex C) Karnak complex D) Giza pyramid complex
A) A sarcophagus B) Artifacts for worship C) Treasures of gold D) Mummies
A) Cardinal points B) The full moon C) Constellations D) The solstice
A) Great Pyramid of Giza B) Temple of Karnak C) The Valley of the Kings D) The Temple of Hatshepsut
A) Ptolemaic Period B) Old Kingdom C) Middle Kingdom D) New Kingdom
A) Three B) Five C) Six D) Four
A) 50 years B) 26 years C) 10 years D) 100 years
A) 160 metres (525 feet) B) 130 metres (426 feet) C) 146.6 metres (481 feet) D) 138.5 metres (454.4 ft)
A) Five B) Three C) Four D) Two
A) Sandstone from Giza Plateau B) Marble from Luxor C) White limestone from Tura D) Granite from Aswan
A) 51°50'40" B) 55°30'00" C) 45°00'00" D) 60°00'00"
A) 2.6 million cubic metres B) 3.5 million cubic metres C) 4.0 million cubic metres D) 1.8 million cubic metres
A) Thebes B) Aswan C) Tura D) Luxor
A) 280 cubits B) 600 cubits C) 500 cubits D) 440 cubits
A) Senenmut B) Ptahhotep C) Hemiunu D) Imhotep
A) Iron nails B) Mortar C) Wooden pegs D) Clay
A) Two B) Three C) Four D) One
A) 120 tonnes B) Up to 80 tonnes C) 50 tonnes D) 100 tonnes
A) The wealth accumulated during their lifetime B) The number of children the deceased had C) Monumental social inequalities D) The age at which the person died
A) Priests and high-ranking officials B) All citizens of Egypt C) Any noble with sufficient resources D) Only kings and queens
A) They are painted in bright colors B) They are filled with hieroglyphs depicting daily life C) They lack inscriptions and decorations D) They contain numerous statues of gods
A) He built the Great Pyramid B) He carried out Khufu's funeral C) He was buried in the Great Pyramid D) He looted the pyramid
A) The birth of Khufu B) The annual flooding of the Nile C) Khufu's military victories D) The Sed festival celebrating Khufu's 30th jubilee
A) During the reign of Cleopatra B) In the time of Alexander the Great C) As early as the First Intermediate Period D) After the Roman conquest
A) 1901 B) 1922 C) 1837 D) 1954
A) Khafre B) Khufu C) Djedefre D) Menkaure
A) 30 samples B) 20 samples C) 60 samples D) 46 samples
A) 3000–2800 BC B) 2900–2750 BC C) 2700–2500 BC D) 2871–2604 BC
A) Waynman Dixon B) Kurt Sethe C) Howard Carter D) Jean-François Champollion
A) A papyrus scroll B) A cedar plank C) A gold amulet D) A stone tablet
A) 2871–2604 BC B) 3000–2900 BC C) 2700–2500 BC D) 3341–3094 BC
A) Zahi Hawass B) Howard Carter C) Kurt Sethe D) Abeer Eladany
A) Ramses B) Cheops C) Sephres D) Tutankhamun
A) 6th Dynasty B) 12th Dynasty C) 4th Dynasty D) 5th Dynasty
A) Radiocarbon dating B) Astronomical alignments C) Dendrochronology D) Luminescence dating
A) Dependence on metal artifacts B) Inbuilt age in plant material C) Too accurate for ancient samples D) Lack of calibration data
A) Herodotus B) Manetho C) Ramsey D) Greaves
A) 200,000 B) 10,000 C) 100,000 D) 50,000
A) 2 kilometres B) 5 kilometres C) Nearly 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) D) Half a kilometre
A) Herodotus B) Strabo C) Diodorus Siculus D) Hecataeus of Abdera
A) Anabasis B) Histories C) Bibliotheca historica D) Geographica
A) Hecataeus of Abdera B) Herodotus C) Diodorus Siculus D) Strabo
A) A secret passageway leading to another pyramid. B) A hidden treasure chamber filled with gold. C) A well that communicates with the river. D) An underground library of ancient scrolls.
A) By climbing to the top and dropping a rope. B) Through detailed architectural drawings. C) Using a water level technique. D) By measuring its shadow.
A) Egeria, a female Christian pilgrim. B) Julius Caesar during his conquest of Egypt. C) Cleopatra in her royal decrees. D) Herodotus in his Histories.
A) A mathematical formula. B) The Greek word πυρός (pyros), meaning wheat. C) A method for constructing buildings. D) A type of ancient Egyptian deity.
A) Cleopatra as part of her architectural projects. B) Napoleon Bonaparte during his Egyptian campaign. C) Alexander the Great during his conquests. D) The Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun.
A) A scroll detailing Egyptian history. B) A vessel containing a thousand coins. C) An ancient map of the world. D) A hidden chamber filled with jewels.
A) 1400 B) 1420 C) 1435 D) 1453
A) 50 centimeters B) 100 millimetres C) 21 millimetres D) 10 millimetres
A) Evening the base. B) Cleaning stones. C) Mixing mortar. D) Cooling tools.
A) Foreign mercenaries B) Slave labour C) Conscript labourers D) Volunteer workers
A) 5,000 people. B) 10,000 people. C) 20,000 people. D) About 13,200 people.
A) Flinders Petrie. B) Jean-François Champollion. C) Zahi Hawass. D) Howard Carter.
A) Thuban B) Polaris C) Vega D) Sirius
A) 2 minutes, 9 seconds off B) 3 minutes, 38 seconds off C) 19 arc seconds off D) No deviation
A) Iron. B) Bronze. C) Copper. D) Steel.
A) Twenty men. B) Five men. C) A single man with assistance. D) At least a dozen men.
A) Bahri Sultan An-Nasir Nasir-ad-Din al-Hasan. B) Cleopatra. C) Alexander the Great. D) Ramesses II.
A) Organic inclusions (mostly charcoal). B) Iron filings. C) Gold flakes. D) Silver particles.
A) Howard Carter B) David Gill C) Karl Richard Lepsius D) Jean-François Champollion
A) Queen's Chamber B) King's Chamber C) Grand Gallery D) Subterranean Chamber
A) Hieroglyphic inscriptions B) Air-shafts C) Grottoes D) Relieving chambers
A) East side B) West side C) North side D) South side
A) David Gill B) Jean-François Champollion C) Karl Richard Lepsius's Prussian expedition D) Howard Carter
A) 10 meters (33 ft) B) 17 meters (56 ft) C) 20 meters (66 ft) D) 25 meters (82 ft)
A) Horizontal Corridor B) Subterranean Passage C) Descending Passage D) Ascending Passage
A) Two B) Seven C) Three D) Five
A) 2016 B) 2023 C) 820 AD D) 2019
A) 2019 B) 2016 C) 2023 D) 820 AD
A) Antoine de Sacy B) Caliph al-Ma'mun C) Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu D) Patriarch Dionysius I Telmaharoyo
A) A padlocked iron grill-door B) A wooden gate C) A rope net D) A stone barrier
A) Herodotus B) Giovanni Caviglia C) Vyse D) Ludwig Borchardt
A) Serve as a guide for workers B) Presumably stabilize the tunnel C) Decorate the passage D) Mark the entrance to the Grand Gallery
A) Nine B) Seven C) Ten D) Five
A) 28 B) 30 C) 25 D) 35
A) Stone slabs B) Wooden doors C) Metal gates D) Portcullis stones
A) Laser scanning B) Ground-penetrating radar C) Thermal imaging D) Muon radiography
A) Marble B) Limestone C) Sandstone D) Granite
A) They had detailed hieroglyphs B) The walls were uninscribed. C) They had gold leaf decorations D) They were painted with scenes
A) Lack of funding B) The COVID-19 pandemic. C) Technical difficulties with the muon detector D) Political instability in Egypt
A) 18 cm B) 25 cm C) 21 cm D) 14 cm
A) The Giza Plateau Preservation Plan B) The Upuaut project C) The Sphinx Restoration Project D) The Great Pyramid Conservation Initiative
A) Perfectly polished B) Inscribed with hieroglyphs C) Unfinished, called a 'Monday morning block' D) Missing entirely
A) 21 cm B) 25 cm C) 14 cm D) 18 cm
A) An anonymous French merchant, 1763 B) Howard Vyse, 1837 C) Nathaniel Davison, 1763 D) Maynard, 1763
A) Blue dye B) Gold leaf C) Red ochre paint D) Black ink
A) "The gang, Khufu-excites-love" B) "The gang, The-white-crown-of Khnumkhufu-is-powerful" C) "The gang, The Horus Medjedu-is-the-purifier-of-the-two-lands" D) "The gang, The Horus Medjedu-is-pure"
A) Only limestone walls B) A full reconstruction C) Some black basalt paving D) The entire temple structure
A) A pyramid builder B) King Khufu C) King Sneferu D) Queen Hetepheres I
A) It was discovered by Khufu B) Her mummy was missing C) The coffin was empty despite being intact D) It contained numerous treasures
A) An anonymous archaeologist B) Haj Ahmed Yusuf C) The Reisner expedition D) Kamal el-Mallakh
A) Kamal el-Mallakh B) An archaeologist team C) The Reisner expedition D) Haj Ahmed Yusuf, a boat builder
A) Worker's town B) Pyramid builders' village C) Cult city D) Khufu's settlement
A) A thriving port B) A royal palace C) An extensive marketplace D) A large temple complex
A) Karl Kromer B) Zahi Hawass C) Howard Carter D) Mark Lehner |
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