- 1. Who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922?
A) Howard Carter
B) Heinrich Schliemann
C) Mary Leakey
D) Indiana Jones
- 2. What is considered the first known discovered city in the world?
A) Pompeii
B) Ur
C) Mohenjo-Daro
D) Çatalhöyük
- 3. The Rosetta Stone played a key role in understanding which ancient script?
A) Egyptian hieroglyphs
B) Maya glyphs
C) Cuneiform
D) Linear B
- 4. In what country is Pompeii located?
A) Turkey
B) Italy
C) Greece
D) Egypt
- 5. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in which region?
A) Nazareth
B) Bethlehem
C) Qumran
D) Jericho
- 6. Who famously discovered the ruins of Knossos on the island of Crete?
A) Arthur Evans
B) Louis Leakey
C) Heinrich Schliemann
D) Mary Leakey
- 7. The archaeological site of Machu Picchu is located in which modern-day country?
A) Peru
B) Chile
C) Brazil
D) Mexico
- 8. The discovery of the Terracotta Army was made in relation to which ancient Chinese emperor's tomb?
A) Qin Shi Huang
B) Emperor Gaozu of Han
C) Emperor Taizong of Tang
D) Emperor Wu of Han
- 9. Which ancient civilization built the aqueduct known as Pont du Gard in France?
A) Persians
B) Romans
C) Greeks
D) Egyptians
- 10. The Viking settlement of L'Anse aux Meadows is located in which present-day country?
A) Greenland
B) Iceland
C) Canada
D) Norway
- 11. The Olmec civilization is associated with the colossal heads found in which modern-day country?
A) Peru
B) Brazil
C) Guatemala
D) Mexico
- 12. Who discovered the lost city of Petra in Jordan in 1812?
A) Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
B) Augustus Pitt Rivers
C) John Lloyd Stephens
D) Louis Leakey
- 13. Which ancient Greek city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
A) Troy
B) Sparta
C) Athens
D) Pompeii
- 14. The Ishtar Gate, dedicated to the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar, was excavated in which country?
A) Iraq
B) Turkey
C) Iran
D) Jordan
- 15. The archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe is located in which modern-day country?
A) Iran
B) Israel
C) Turkey
D) Greece
- 16. The discovery of the Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang is associated with which famous group of life-sized statues?
A) Stonehenge
B) Moai statues
C) Venus figurines
D) Terracotta Army
- 17. The Rosetta Stone is currently housed in which museum?
A) British Museum
B) Louvre Museum
C) Egyptian Museum in Cairo
D) Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 18. Who discovered the ancient city of Troy?
A) Arthur Evans
B) Howard Carter
C) Louis Leakey
D) Heinrich Schliemann
- 19. The Nazca Lines, intricate geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert, were first brought to global attention by:
A) Richard Leakey
B) Hiram Bingham
C) Paul Kosok
D) Thor Heyerdahl
- 20. Where was the Rosetta Stone discovered?
A) Egypt
B) Turkey
C) Greece
D) Italy
- 21. Where are the Terracotta Warriors located?
A) Japan
B) China
C) Korea
D) India
- 22. The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against invasions from which group?
A) Vikings
B) Romans
C) Aztecs
D) Mongols
- 23. What is the main purpose of Stonehenge believed to be?
A) Residential area
B) Ceremonial site
C) Military base
D) Marketplace
- 24. Where is the ancient city of Petra located?
A) Iraq
B) Syria
C) Lebanon
D) Jordan
- 25. In what country is the ancient city of Carthage located?
A) Libya
B) Algeria
C) Morocco
D) Tunisia
- 26. In which modern-day country is the ancient site of Stone Age cave paintings at Lascaux located?
A) Spain
B) France
C) Germany
D) Italy
- 27. Which group of people built the Moai statues on Easter Island?
A) Rapa Nui
B) Vikings
C) Mayans
D) Polynesians
- 28. Where is the ancient city of Angkor Wat located?
A) Thailand
B) Cambodia
C) Vietnam
D) Laos
- 29. Who was the archaeologist responsible for the discovery of the tomb of Queen Nefertari?
A) Zahi Hawass
B) Ernesto Schiaparelli
C) Howard Carter
D) Gustave Flaubert
- 30. The ruins of which ancient city are located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt?
A) Thebes
B) Memphis
C) Alexandria
D) Luxor
- 31. Where can you find the ancient statues of Ahu Tongariki?
A) Malta
B) Easter Island
C) Sardinia
D) Cyprus
- 32. The archaeological site of Petra is famous for its carved rock-cut architecture in what type of landscape?
A) Forest
B) Mountain
C) Tundra
D) Desert
- 33. What was the significance of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls?
A) Blueprints for building the pyramids.
B) Predictions of the future.
C) They contained ancient religious texts, including the oldest known surviving copies of the Hebrew Bible.
D) Evidence of extraterrestrial life on Earth.
- 34. What ancient city was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in Santorini, Greece, around 1600 BC?
A) Sparta
B) Thebes
C) Rhodes
D) Akrotiri
- 35. Which archaeologist discovered the ruins of the ancient city of Ur?
A) Charles Darwin
B) Jane Goodall
C) Leonard Woolley
D) Louis Leakey
- 36. What was the significance of the discovery of the city of Mohenjo-Daro in Pakistan?
A) Proof of extraterrestrial visitation.
B) Confirmation of lost Atlantis.
C) Secrets to eternal life.
D) It provided insights into the urban planning and advanced civilization of the Indus Valley.
- 37. What significant artifact did archaeologist Hiram Bingham discover in Peru in 1911?
A) The Ark of the Covenant
B) The Fountain of Youth
C) The Holy Grail
D) Machu Picchu
- 38. What did the discovery of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey suggest about human history?
A) Clues to hidden treasure locations.
B) Proof of ancient aliens.
C) Blueprints for pyramid construction.
D) It challenged traditional timeline theories by showing advanced religious and monumental architecture much earlier than previously thought.
- 39. What is the name of the ancient megalithic monument in Ireland that aligns with the sunrise on the winter solstice?
A) Men-an-Tol
B) Carnac
C) Avebury
D) Newgrange
- 40. Who was the legendary ruler associated with the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
A) Nebuchadnezzar II
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Hammurabi
D) Darius the Great
- 41. Who was the first European explorer to visit the ruins of the Inca city of Machu Picchu?
A) Ferdinand Magellan
B) Francisco Pizarro
C) Amerigo Vespucci
D) Hiram Bingham
- 42. The Altamira Cave in Spain is famous for its prehistoric paintings of what?
A) Humans
B) Horses
C) Deer
D) Bison
- 43. What is the name of the 17th-century ship that sank in the English Channel and was discovered in 1967?
A) The Santa Maria
B) The HMS Victory
C) The USS Constitution
D) The Mary Rose
- 44. The Terracotta Army was discovered near which city in China?
A) Xi'an
B) Hangzhou
C) Beijing
D) Shanghai
- 45. What is the name of the underground city in Turkey that was carved into the rock by the Hittites?
A) Cappadocia
B) Ephesus
C) Troy
D) Derinkuyu
- 46. Which Viking settlement in North America is believed to be the first European settlement in the New World?
A) L'Anse aux Meadows
B) Hvalsey
C) Vinland
D) Jelling
- 47. Which of the following is the oldest known stone circle monument in the British Isles?
A) Avebury
B) Ring of Brodgar
C) Callanish Stones
D) Stonehenge
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