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Exploring Ancient Egypt: A Comprehensive Quiz

This quiz challenges your knowledge of Ancient Egypt, covering various aspects such as architecture, religion, agriculture, and historical events.

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1 What does the following picture show?  Karnak temple's hypostyle halls are constructed with rows of thick columns supporting the roof beams.   The maximum territorial extent of Ancient Egypt (15th century BC)   Map of ancient Egypt, showing major cities and sites of the Dynastic period (c. 3150 BC to 30 BC)   The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus (ca 16th century BC) describes anatomy and medical treatments and is written in hieratic.

2 [127] The sistrum was a rattle-like ________ that was especially important in religious ceremonies.

3 As a result, priests developed a system of ________ to communicate the will of the gods directly to the people.

4 Egypt was conquered by a succession of foreign powers in this late period, and the rule of the pharaohs officially ended in 31 BC when the early ________ conquered Egypt and made it a province.

5 There is also evidence to suggest that ________ were briefly utilized in the Late Period, but largely abandoned due to lack of grazing land.

6 The ancient Egyptians cultivated emmer and ________, and several other cereal grains, all of which were used to make the two main food staples of bread and beer.

7 What does the following picture show?  A tomb relief depicts workers plowing the fields, harvesting the crops, and threshing the grain under the direction of an overseer.   The Ka statue provided a physical place for the Ka to manifest.   The Ka statue provided a physical place for the Ka to manifest.   The Fayum mummy portraits epitomize the meeting of Egyptian and Roman cultures.

8 What does the following picture show?  Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god associated with mummification and burial rituals; here, he attends to a mummy.   A typical Naqada II jar decorated with gazelles. (Predynastic Period)   Sennedjem plows his fields with a pair of oxen, used as beasts of burden and a source of food.   Karnak temple's hypostyle halls are constructed with rows of thick columns supporting the roof beams.

9 During this decline, the foreign Asiatic settlers began to seize control of the delta region, eventually coming to power in Egypt as the ________.

10 Once in control of their own resources, the provinces became economically richer — a fact demonstrated by larger and better burials among all ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Obelisk of Theodosius (pictured), installed in Istanbul since 390, was originally erected in Egypt by Pharaoh Thutmose III in the 15th century BC.
  • the medical papyri (pictured) show that ancient Egyptian physicians of the 19th century BC knew about migraines.
  • the Hearst Medical Papyrus, considered to be an authentic ancient Egyptian document for more than a century, may be an almost perfect fake.
  • the ASTRA National Museum Complex includes 90 hectares of exhibits about Transylvania, but also includes objects such as an Ancient Egyptian mummy.
  • the Turin King List is an ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll, written in hieratic, which lists all the pharoahs and gods believed to have ruled over the Nile kingdom.
  • the bust of Ankhhaf (pictured), in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, is a realistic portrayal of the features of an actual person, which is rare in Ancient Egyptian art.
  • tree moss, lichen species Pseudevernia furfuracea, was used in ancient Egyptian embalming.
  • the term "reserve heads" (pictured), found in Ancient Egyptian tombs, is derived from the prevalent theory that they serve as an alternate home for the spirit of the dead owner if anything should happen to the body.
  • the practice of taking cats aboard ships (example pictured) dates back to the Ancient Egyptians.
  • the largest African crocodile, the Nile crocodile, is both hated and revered, especially in Ancient Egypt where crocodiles were mummified, and worshipped as gods.
  • the Mastaba of Mereruka, Vizier to king Teti of the sixth dynasty Old Kingdom period of Ancient Egypt, is the largest and most elaborate of all the non-royal tombs in Saqqara.
  • the ancient Egyptians set up hundreds of ka statues in Abydos so the dead could participate in religious festivals.
  • according to the Books of Kings, ancient Egyptians captured and burnt down the Canaanite town of Gezer and gave it as a dowry to the Pharaoh's daughter.
  • plug and feather, still used today, was the method used by the ancient Egyptians to cut stone.
  • Petubastis III led a revolt in Egypt against Persian rule circa 522 BCE.
  • optics began with the development of lenses by the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians (dispersive prism pictured).
  • despite Herodotus's claim that the sundial was invented in Babylonia, the oldest known example is from Egypt.
  • half-Egyptian Bazil Ashmawy spent a night with ghostbusters in a haunted shopping centre and was hypnotised by witches to meet his ancestors for his TV show Baz's Culture Clash.
  • the ancient Egyptian temples of Dakka (pictured), Maharraqa, Wadi es-Sebua, Amada, and Derr were all dismantled in the 1960s and rebuilt elsewhere, to avoid the rising waters of Lake Nasser created by the Aswan Dam.
  • in the history of neurology, Ancient Egyptians described the effect of high transection of the spinal cord in humans.
  • in Ancient Egypt, servants of the pharaohs would agree to be sacrificed to provide their care in the afterlife.
  • Ancient Egyptian architect Senemut was allegedly the lover of the Pharoah Hatshepsut.
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