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