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