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