Pharaohs, Pyramids and Hieroglyphs
Sail up the Nile, meet the pharaohs and crack the hieroglyphs in ten quick questions.
What this quiz asks
- 1On the banks of which river did the Egyptian civilisation grow?
- 2What is the ancient Egyptian writing made of little pictures called?
- 3Which famous Egyptian monument has a human head and a lion's body?
- 4What do you call a king of ancient Egypt?
- 5Which young pharaoh became famous thanks to his almost intact tomb found in 1922?
- 6The pyramids of Giza mostly served as...
- 7What do you call a dead body preserved and wrapped in bandages in Egypt?
- 8Which Egyptian queen is famous for her affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony?
- 9Which stone, covered in three scripts, helped decipher hieroglyphs?
- 10Which French scholar managed to decipher hieroglyphs in 1822?
