Where in the World?
The archaeological site Pompeii is located in this country.
Italy
Egyptians
In the 1951 movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still", the alien spaceship landed in this US city.
Washington D.C.
Stonehenge
This is a light, porous igneous rock created when frothy lava cools rapidly; it is the only rock that can float on water.
Pumice
The ancient city of Petra is located in this country.
Jordan
Before this century, Europe did not recognize prehistory because of the widespread literal belief in the Bible's account of the past.
The 1800's
"In space, no one can hear you scream." This was the famous tag line for this 1979 space thriller starring Sigourney Weaver.
Alien
Discovered in Central China, these ancient artifacts were made out of terra cotta and shaped like what?
Warriors
This mineral naturally grows in sharp, geometric cubic crystals, just like table salt, and is often called Fool's Gold.
Pyrite
This famous archaeological site is known as the "Lost City of the Incas".
Macchu Picchu
This blue colored stone was ground into powder for use as eyeshadow by the ancient Egyptians.
Lapis Lazul
Indiana Jones' phobia of snakes stems from falling into this item full of snakes as a young boy.
A crate
This famous slab, originally discovered in Egypt, has text from three different languages inscribed on it.
The Rosetta Stone
This metal is liquid at room temperature, and has the lowest boiling point of any other metal. It can also be used to dissolve other metals, such as gold or silver.
Mercury
This sea is so rich in salt that it's actually impossible to sink in it.
The Dead Sea
The ancient Incans believed that this black rock was a mirror to the spirit world.
Obsidian
In Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, this group competes with Indy in trying to get their hands on the Ark of the Covenant.
the Nazis
This is the study of humanity, it's physical characteristics and it's unique, non-biological characteristics called culture.
Anthropology
This rock, known for it's white background with shifting and vibrant colors, was thought to bring bad luck in medieval Europe. (But some Native American tribes saw it as a good-luck charm.)
Opal
Wulfenite, a bright orange-yellow mineral, is often sought after by mineral collectors, even though it can be toxic. It is found commonly in this US state in the south west.
Arizona
True or False:
Woolly mammoths survived long enough to see the Great Pyramids of Giza be built.
TRUE! Woolly mammoths outlived the pyramid era by roughly 1,000 years.
Dinosaurs appear on screen for a total of only 15 minutes during this 127-minute, academy award-winning movie.
Jurassic Park
Antiquarianism is known as what?
The earliest era of archeology.
An ounce of this pure mineral can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
Gold