All 13 questions
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Which boy king's nearly intact tomb was uncovered in 1922?
- Thutmose I
- Akhenaten
- Djoser
- Tutankhamun
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Which British archaeologist led the excavation that found that tomb?
- Flinders Petrie
- Howard Carter
- Arthur Evans
- Leonard Woolley
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Which jackal-headed god was associated with embalming and the dead?
- Horus
- Sobek
- Thoth
- Anubis
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The Great Sphinx of Giza has a human head on the body of which animal?
- A crocodile
- A bull
- A lion
- A falcon
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Where were most New Kingdom pharaohs buried?
- The Valley of the Kings
- The Giza plateau
- Abu Simbel
- Alexandria
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Which queen was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt?
- Hatshepsut
- Nefertari
- Ankhesenamun
- Cleopatra VII
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Papyrus, the writing surface used by Egyptian scribes, was made from what?
- Thin clay
- A marsh reed
- Animal skin
- Woven flax
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During mummification, certain organs were removed and stored in what?
- Canopic jars
- Ushabti boxes
- Sarcophagi
- Amphorae
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Which long-reigning pharaoh had the rock temples at Abu Simbel carved?
- Khufu
- Amenhotep III
- Menes
- Ramesses II
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Modern archaeology indicates the pyramids were built largely by organised, paid labour rather than by slaves.
- True
- False
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Egyptian hieroglyphs were purely decorative and carried no sound values.
- True
- False
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The pharaoh's double crown combined the crowns of Upper Egypt and ___ Egypt.
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The painted limestone bust found at Amarna portrays Queen ___.