Archaeology Quiz - MSN Encarta

This "boy king" was pharaoh of Egypt from about 1333 to 1323 BC, and though little is known of his short reign, he is famous today because his treasure-filled tomb was discovered in 1922 by British archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon:

Thutmose III

Rameses II, The Great

Tutankhamun

Seti I

Originally named the Flavian Amphitheater, the Colosseum was completed in AD 80, and was used to stage bloody and violent spectacles involving gladiators, Christians, and wild animals. Where is it located?

Madrid, Spain

Ephesus, Turkey

Damascus, Syria

Rome, Italy

Discovered in Egypt in 1799 by a French officer of Napoleon's engineering corps, this significant archaeological find provided the key to the translation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Stele of Aristodikos

Rosetta Stone

Heliodorus Stele

Palermo Stone

Chichén Itzá, a large ancient city in the northern part of the Yucatán Peninsula, was founded in the 6th century by this Native American civilization known for its achievements in art and architecture, written language, astronomy, and mathematics -- as well as its practice of religious human sacrifice:

Maya

Aztec

Inca

Zapotec

This circular arrangement of large stones near Salisbury, England, was probably either an ancient temple for sun worshippers or a type of astronomical clock or calendar:

Ring of Brodgar

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Stonehenge

Mount Pleasant Henge

Now in the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany, this painted limestone bust of a beautiful Egyptian queen is one of the great works of art surviving from ancient Egypt. Which queen of Egypt does it represent?

Cleopatra

Hatshepsut

Tiye

Nefertiti

Among the earliest inhabitants of the southwestern United States, this culture flourished in parts of New Mexico during the 1st millennium AD. They left behind fascinating remains of their architecture, most notably the multistoried homes at the Bandelier National Monument and the Chaco Culture National Historic Park. Which culture is it?

Apache

Havasupai

Anasazi

Navajo

This site, whose name means "city of rock" in Greek, was the ancient city of Arabia. Many Americans, however, will recognize one of its elaborately carved facades as the resting place of the Holy Grail in the 1989 film, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Petra, Jordan

Granada, Spain

Mount Ararat, Turkey

Tripoli, Greece

Qin Shihuangdi--first emperor of China (221-210 BC) and founder of the Qin (Ch'in) dynasty (221-206 BC), which gave its name to China--constructed a massive tomb near the modern city of Xi’an (Sian). After his tomb was discovered in 1974, archaeologists found thousands of what?

Jars and baskets of food offerings

Life-size terra-cotta soldiers and horses

Unused clay bricks

Bows, arrows, swords, and shields

One of the highest points in the city of Athens, Greece, this natural fortified citadel--a limestone hill that sits 150 m (about 500 feet) above sea level--houses many famous archaeological sites, such as the Parthenon, the Erechtheum, and the Temple of Athena Nike:

Agora

Acropolis

Propylaea

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