Australia
This natural element has been used by First Nations peoples to manage the land for thousands of years
Fire
This ancient trade network connected Asia to Europe
The Silk Road
The number of eyes a cyclops has
1
The term for believing in or worshiping more than one god
Polytheism
This river was essential to Ancient Egyptian civilisation
Nile River
The name given to First Nations creation stories and beliefs
The Dreaming
A writing invention developed in Ancient China
Paper
The volcano that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 CE
Mount Vesuvius
The crop central to Maya and Aztec diets
Maize (corn)
This desert is located in North Africa
Sahara Desert
This was a key archaeological find was found at Lake Mungo
Human remains
The Yellow River was central to this Asian civilisation
Ancient China
The civilisation that built the Elgin Marbles
Ancient Greece
The year that the Maya calendar ended
2012
This god was associated with the sun in Ancient Egypt
Ra
An Australian cultural site that is on the UNESCO World Heritage list
Kakadu National Park
Uluru-Kata Tjuta
Fremantle Prison
Murujuga
Budj Bim
Tasmanian Wilderness
Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of this religion
Buddhism
The language spoken by the Ancient Romans
Latin
The civilisation that built Machu Picchu
Inca
This internal organ was believed to have been weighed against a feather to determine fate in the afterlife in Ancient Egypt
Heart
This is referred to as a midden
A pile of shell and food remains left by Indigenous peoples
This metal is in liquid form at room temperature, and supposedly surrounds the tomb on Ancient Chinese emperor, Qin Shi Huang.
Mercury / quicksilver
This Greek mythological character was cursed to accurately predict the future but never be believed
Cassandra
The type of writing system used by the Maya
Hieroglyphic writing