Archaeology Trivia
Dig up the truth about King Tut and the Terracotta Army before your knowledge becomes as extinct as a Neanderthal.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Dating back to 1550 BC, the collection of funerary texts commonly called the Book of the Dead was designed to guide the deceased through what realm?
The afterlife
Originally founded around 1070 in Jerusalem by merchants from Amalfi, what kind of institution did the Knights Hospitaller operate to care for sick pilgrims?
A hospital
Known for her jealousy toward Zeus's many lovers and illegitimate children, which Olympian goddess served as the queen of the gods and the patron of marriage?
Hera
The word "Bible" derives from the Greek name of which ancient Phoenician port city, famous for exporting Egyptian papyrus throughout the Mediterranean?
Byblos
What destructive element accidentally preserved the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal by baking its clay tablets during the sacking of Nineveh in 612 BCE?
Fire