Ancient Egyptian funerary practices - Quiz
A) Hypogeums B) Rock-cut tombs C) Mastabas D) Pyramids
A) Stone temples B) Stone mastaba tombs C) Clay houses D) Wooden sarcophagi
A) Solid gold B) Polished stone C) Cartonnage D) Baked clay
A) Stone urns B) Leather pouches C) Wooden boxes D) Canopic jars
A) A decorative window B) A security lock for the tomb C) An entrance for the deceased D) A place for offerings and prayers
A) Eye with a sun disk above it B) Human eye with falcon markings C) Eye surrounded by snake scales D) Closed eye with gold lashes
A) Mirrors and jewelry B) Tools and weapons C) Grindstones D) Cosmetic brushes
A) Thebes B) Lisht C) Memphis D) Giza
A) Wooden coffins vs. stone sarcophagi B) Excavated mountain tombs vs. mastabas on plains C) Burial in temples vs. burial in houses D) Pyramids vs. rock-cut tombs
A) Weapons and symbols of office B) Soldiers and scribe models C) Mirrors, sandals, and food jars D) Boats and workshops
A) Canopic jars B) Mummy masks C) Shabti figurines D) Royal statues
A) Placed face down B) Placed in a seated position C) Placed standing upright D) Placed on the back instead of the side
A) Canopic jars and amulets B) Coffin texts and wooden models C) Stone statues and food offerings D) Mummy masks and sarcophagi
A) Use of gold mummy masks B) Increase in multiple burials per tomb C) Exclusively royal burials D) Return to pyramid building
A) Wood, plaster, and bronze B) Gold, faience, and carnelian C) Stone, ivory, and silver D) Cartonnage and leather
A) Daily labor scenes B) Battle scenes C) Offerings D) Representations of people
A) Decoration B) Food preparation for the next world C) Symbol of status D) Weight for the burial
A) Mastabas near the kings' pyramids B) In the mountains of Thebes C) Inside the royal palace D) In family tombs far from the capital
A) A temporary trend B) A standard feature for the remainder of Egyptian history C) The abandonment of funerary texts D) A requirement for royalty only
A) To honor the ruling dynasty B) To appease the gods of the harvest C) To ensure immortality after death D) To prevent the spread of disease
A) First Intermediate period B) Predynastic period C) Old Kingdom D) Ptolemaic dynasty
A) Shallow oval pits B) Wicker baskets C) Sarcophagi D) Wooden boxes
A) The ability to serve a purpose B) A high social status at birth C) Participation in royal rituals D) The accumulation of wealth during life
A) Kings were servants of the gods B) Kings became deities who could grant the afterlife C) Kings were merely mortal rulers D) Kings had no power over the afterlife
A) They became more widely available to non-royals B) They were replaced by architectural plans C) They were written in a different language D) They were banned by the government
A) Cairo B) Merimde C) Omari D) Maadi
A) 4800-4300 B.C. B) 4000-3500 B.C. C) 5000-4500 B.C. D) 3800-3300 B.C.
A) Southern Egypt B) Western Desert C) Near Cairo D) Nile delta
A) Only the elite B) Yes, always C) Only children D) No
A) Rectangular B) Pyramidal C) Square D) Round
A) A weapon B) A clay figurine C) A piece of jewelry D) A pot
A) One B) Five C) Two D) Ten
A) Square B) Round C) Triangular D) Rectangular
A) First Dynasty B) Maadi C) Naqada II D) Badarian
A) South only B) East or west C) North or south D) North only
A) Weapons B) Gaming boards C) Food supplies D) Cosmetic palettes
A) 3300 BCE B) 3600 BCE C) 4400 BCE D) 3000 BCE
A) Palace-façade B) Crowned-pillar C) Royal-niche D) Temple-front
A) Ra B) Horus C) Osiris D) Anubis
A) Stela B) Painted jars C) Clay figures D) Copper tools
A) Wooden sarcophagi B) Deep rock-cut chambers C) Large stone pyramids D) Small mudbrick structures
A) A donkey B) A hawk C) A cat D) A ram
A) A bronze axe B) A bow and arrow C) A dagger D) A mace
A) Foreign merchants B) Egyptian pharaohs C) The Hyksos D) Nubian soldiers
A) Contracted B) Seated C) Extended D) Upright
A) They lack any physical remains B) They were located in inaccessible areas C) The ancient customs were very similar D) The graves were never officially recorded
A) Mastabas B) Sunken stone vaults C) Rock-cut chambers D) Pyramids
A) Eighteenth Dynasty B) Twenty-first Dynasty C) Twentieth Dynasty D) Nineteenth Dynasty
A) Middle Kingdom B) Old Kingdom C) Eighteenth Dynasty D) Twenty-first Dynasty
A) Exquisitely crafted in gold B) Fairly cheaply made C) Used as jewelry for queens D) Imported from neighboring lands
A) Inside temple foundations B) In subterranean mountain chambers C) Shafts sunk into the desert floor D) On the banks of the Nile
A) New Kingdom B) Middle Kingdom C) Amarna Period D) Old Kingdom
A) Under the entrance seal B) At the four compass points C) Near the head of the mummy D) Inside the coffin
A) Alexandria B) Thebes C) Saqqara D) Giza
A) Red Sea B) Eastern Mediterranean C) Dead Sea D) Nile Delta
A) Alexander the Great B) Herodotus C) Diodorus Siculus D) Ptolemy
A) Alexander the Great B) Cleopatra VII C) Isis D) Ptolemy I
A) Stucco B) Plaster C) Encaustic D) Cartonnage
A) 5th century AD B) 30 BCE C) 1st century BC D) 641 AD
A) Priests B) The Pharaoh C) Family members D) Volunteers
A) Priests B) Cattle C) Horses D) Camels
A) Oil B) Wine C) Water D) Milk
A) East B) West C) South D) North
A) ka B) akh C) ba D) maat
A) natron B) wine C) cedar oil D) golden resin
A) one year B) forty days C) thirty days D) seventy days
A) excerebration B) dehydration C) purification D) evisceration
A) brain B) liver C) heart D) lungs
A) Qebhseneuf B) Hapy C) Imsety D) Duamutef
A) Hapy B) Imsety C) Duamutef D) Qebhseneuf
A) Hapy B) Qebhseneuf C) Duamutef D) Imsety
A) Imsety B) Duamutef C) Qebhseneuf D) Hapy
A) cedar oil B) natron C) golden resin D) wine
A) olive B) cedar C) almond D) palm
A) to hold the spices in place B) to make the body look taller C) physical protection from the elements D) to hide the identity of the person
A) Dogs B) Lions C) Horses D) Vultures
A) A golden scepter. B) A ceremonial adze. C) A ritual dagger. D) An obsidian needle.
A) In a mountain cave. B) Inside the pyramid. C) In the local city temple. D) In a secret desert cache.
A) He is forgotten by his subjects. B) He returns to his palace in spirit form. C) He is judged by Osiris immediately. D) He becomes a deity.
A) Mass graves. B) Royal burial shafts. C) Individual desert pyramids. D) Temples of the gods.
A) The Mastaba B) The Nile River C) The Burial Chamber D) The Valley Temple
A) Ra B) Horus C) Osiris D) Anubis
A) Wood B) Gold C) Clay D) Stone
A) A type of funerary offering B) The god of the underworld C) The vital force within the soul D) The physical body of the deceased
A) The crown of Osiris B) A piece of gold C) Maat's feather D) A scroll of spells
A) Seven B) Forty-two C) One hundred D) Twelve
A) A painted mirror B) A false compartment C) A secret tunnel D) An open door
A) Becoming a servant to Osiris B) Damnation C) Immediate reincarnation D) A state of limbo
A) All citizens B) The royal architects C) The king D) High-ranking priests
A) Ramesses II B) Khufu C) Tutankhamun D) Unas
A) The text was continued on the coffin wall B) The scribe started on a new scroll C) The text stopped abruptly without completion D) The scribe compressed the writing
A) 50 B) 200 C) 192 D) 100
A) Long life B) Fame C) Protection from disease D) Wealth
A) They were symbols of royalty B) They represented the strength of the army C) Their dung balls resembled the life-giving Sun D) They were considered sacred messengers
A) 20 feet B) 50 feet C) 200 feet D) Approximately 144 feet
A) Herodotus B) The Liverpool Institute C) Bolesław Prus D) Khufu
A) Carbon dating B) Magnetic resonance imaging C) X-rays D) DNA sequencing
A) Khufu B) Bolesław Prus C) Herodotus D) The Liverpool Institute
A) 20 B) 144 C) 12 D) 2 |
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