Name of the heretic pharaoh responsible for creating the first monotheistic religion in ancient culture.
Who was Akhenaton?
100
The culture that produced medium and small female grave sculpture. Although most were originally painted, few are still painted today; the forms of these funerary works are highly abstract.
What are Cycladic figurines?
100
In marble sculpture, a natural stance, such as that first used by the Kritios Boy.
What is contrapposto?
200
A Cromlech still "in situ" in England in which the stones that flank the altar align with the summer solstice.
What is Stonehenge?
200
Word that means "land between two rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
200
Architect who built Hatshepsut's mortuary temple.
What is Senmut?
200
The probably source for the myth of the minotaur is... (what palace, on what island)?
What is the Palace of Knossos on the Island of Crete?
200
Name of the goddess to whom the transitional temple on the island of Aegina is dedicated
Who is the goddess Aphaia?
300
Site in France where cave paintings are found. These were believed to be forgeries when first brought to light in the early 1900's.
What is Lascaux, France?
300
A style of art in which size denotes importance: large sized objects are more important than small objects.
What is hieratic art?
300
Name of the only female pharaoh recorded in ancient history.
Who was HAPSHETSUT?
300
Type of fresco used on the famous Minoan Bull Leaping scene.
What is dry fresco?
300
The MOST important site in ancient Athens during the Classical period.
What is the Acropolis?
400
Ancient time period in which people were nomadic (did not settle), and chased their food across tundra.
What is the Paleolithic period?
400
A Neo-babylonian gateway made of glazed blue and gold tiles dedicated to a goddess.
What is the Ishtar Gate?
400
Jars used in mummification rituals to house or contain the deceased's major organs.
What is a canopic jar?
400
Name of architect responsible for the excavation (for better or for worse) of the Palace of Knossos.
Who is Walter Evans?
400
The term "parthenos" in the epithet "Athena Parthenos" means what?
What is "virginal"?
500
Ancient time period in which people settled, farmed the land, husbanded animals, and created laws.
What is the Neolithic period?
500
The specific name of the culture that produced Hammurabi's Law Code.
What is Babylonian?
500
Name of the Jackal God who ferries or guides the deceased through the afterlife.
Who is Anubis?
500
Name of the script created and used by the Minoan culture.
What is Linear A (and/or Linear B)
500
The swelling of a column, such as those on the Parthenon, to create the illusion of perfect balance. (This was mentioned in the video yesterday!)