Pyramids
Pharaohs
Geography
Explorers/Archeologists
Miscellaneous
100
What is a pyramid?

tombs that hold mummies and possessions of pharaohs

100

Where can you find Ramses' mummy?

Cairo, Egypt at the Egyptian museum  

100
What does the Suez Canal connect?

Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

100

Who discovered the passageway to the (alleged) Ramses the Great's children? 

Kent Weeks
100

How much did King Tut's gold coffin weigh?

200 pounds

200

When was the Great Pyramid of Giza was built when? 

Around 2540 BC

200

What are the three theories on how King Tut died? 

Murder with blunt object, murder with poison or malaria

200

What were the name of the temples that made up Abu Simbel?

Temple Ramses II and Temple Nefertari
200

Who on Howard Carter's team found evidence of King Tut's tomb, and what did they find after further looking?

The water boy; a stairway leading to a sealed door

200

What is the name of the game found in many Egyptian tombs?  

Hounds and Jackals/The Game of 58 Holes

300

When completed, pyramids were covered with what?

white limestone

300

What was the name of Hatshepsut's son?

Thutmose III

300

How long does it take for boats to go through Suez Canal?

11-16 hours

300

Who funded Howard Carter's search for King Tut?

Lord Carnarvon 

300

When was Hatshepsut's mummy correctly identified?

2007

400

The Great Pyramid of Giza covers about the same area as what?

Nine football fields

400

Who had more statues and structures built than any other pharaoh? 

Ramses II

400

How long did it take to complete the moving process of the Abu Simbel temples?

4 years

400

What is the present day name of the Dutch settlement claimed during Hudson's last voyage?

New York City

400

How many barrier's did archaeologists have to go through to get to King Tut's mummy?

4

500

What was the name for the spirit that would come and go from pyramids?

Ka

500

Ramses II regained much of the land that was lost by previous Egyptian rulers. What present-day country did he reconquer?

Turkey

500

What is the name of the city about halfway between the start and end of the Suez Canal? 

Ismailia

500

What was the name of Henry Hudson's ship?

Half Moon

500

What is one version of the curse said to be placed on King Tut's tomb?

"Death comes on wings to he who enters the tomb of a pharaoh"

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