Customs and Sayings
Artifacts
100

This modern-day hand signal meant something far more sinister in Ancient Rome

A thumbs-up

100

What is this artifact significant for?

Providing the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs

200

To ensure that everyone had to bow when entering, ceremonial tea rooms in Japan had extremely small ____

Doors
200

What Pharaoh did this Death Mask belong to?


Tutankhamun

300
This Saturday ritual kept by the Vikings gave the day its name: "Hot Water Day"

Bathing

300

What is the traditional name of this artifact?

The Mask of Agamemnon 

400

This unique mode of communication was commonly used by Native Americans along with their spoken dialects

Sign Language

400

What were these warriors made of?

Terracotta

500

This modern-day insult was also used by the Ancient Greeks to describe someone who didn't participate in political affairs

Idiot

500

What is the name of this artifact?


The Antikythera mechanism