Are you an expert on pyramids? Know a lot about pharaohs? Test your knowledge below with a quick quiz!
1) German Egyptologist Ludwig Borchardt uncovered this bust (right) at Amarna during an archeological expedition. Who does it depict?
a) Akhenaton
b) Nefertiti
c) Cleopatra VII
2) Which of the following people helped decipher the Rosetta Stone?
a) Jean-François Champollion
b) Howard Carter Link to Image
c) Richard O'Connell
3) There are how many Pyramids of Giza?
a) Three
b) Five
c) Six
4) King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered by the archaeologist Howard Carter in which year?
a) 1884
b) 1902
c) 1922
5) Which set of pharaohs was responsible for the construction of the Pyramids of Giza?
a) Tutankhamen, Ramses II, Thutmose III
b) Djoser, Amenhotep III, Akhenaten,
c) Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure
6) Two huge statues, the Colossi of Memnon (left),
are still standing outside of this ruler's temple:
a) Ptolemy XII
b) Amenhotep III
c) Nefertiti
7) This ruler's suicide would bring about the end
of the Egyptian empire:
Link to Image a) Hatshepsut
b) Xerxes the Great
c) Cleopatra VII
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ANSWERS:
1) b
2) a
3) a
4) c
5) c
6) b
7) c
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