Antiquities Trivia
From King Tut's bling to Sisyphus's workout routine, see if your knowledge is legendary or just ancient history.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Discovered in 1799, which artifact containing the same decree in three different scripts allowed Jean-François Champollion to finally crack the code of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs?
The Rosetta Stone
Discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter, what pharaoh's golden funerary mask has become the most iconic symbol of ancient Egyptian royalty?
Tutankhamun
Located in Wiltshire, England, what prehistoric monument consists of a ring of massive standing stones estimated to have been erected over 4,000 years ago?
Stonehenge
Discovered in 1974, what massive collection of life-sized clay figures was buried to protect China's first emperor in the afterlife?
Terracotta Army
Which massive Roman amphitheater, commissioned by Emperor Vespasian, was originally known by the name of the dynasty that built it: the Flavian Amphitheatre?
The Colosseum