Which boy king's nearly intact tomb was uncovered in 1922?
- Tutankhamun
- Akhenaten
- Djoser
- Thutmose I
Which British archaeologist led the excavation that found that tomb?
- Howard Carter
- Flinders Petrie
- Arthur Evans
- Leonard Woolley
Which jackal-headed god was associated with embalming and the dead?
- Anubis
- Horus
- Thoth
- Sobek
The Great Sphinx of Giza has a human head on the body of which animal?
- A lion
- A bull
- A falcon
- A crocodile
Where were most New Kingdom pharaohs buried?
- The Valley of the Kings
- The Giza plateau
- Abu Simbel
- Alexandria
Which queen was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt?
- Cleopatra VII
- Hatshepsut
- Nefertari
- Ankhesenamun
Papyrus, the writing surface used by Egyptian scribes, was made from what?
- A marsh reed
- Animal skin
- Woven flax
- Thin clay
During mummification, certain organs were removed and stored in what?
- Canopic jars
- Sarcophagi
- Amphorae
- Ushabti boxes
Which long-reigning pharaoh had the rock temples at Abu Simbel carved?
- Ramesses II
- Khufu
- Menes
- Amenhotep III
Modern archaeology indicates the pyramids were built largely by organised, paid labour rather than by slaves.
- True
- False
Egyptian hieroglyphs were purely decorative and carried no sound values.
- True
- False
The pharaoh's double crown combined the crowns of Upper Egypt and ___ Egypt.
The painted limestone bust found at Amarna portrays Queen ___.