🧠 Ancient Egypt Quiz

Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings held a wealth of treasures, including his famous gold funerary mask, and its discovery sparked worldwide Egyptomania.

Egyptians believed Ra sailed across the sky by day in a solar barque and travelled through the underworld at night.

The word hieroglyph comes from Greek for 'sacred carvings', reflecting the script's use on temple walls and monuments.

Anubis presided over mummification and led the dead to the judgement hall, where hearts were weighed.

Each canopic jar was guarded by one of the four sons of Horus, whose heads often formed the lids.

Luxor stands on the site of ancient Thebes, and the royal tombs of the New Kingdom were cut into the cliffs across the Nile from it.

Imhotep, vizier to King Djoser, was later deified by the Egyptians as a god of medicine and wisdom.

The Aswan High Dam created Lake Nasser, and the Abu Simbel temples were cut into blocks and reassembled on higher ground to escape its rising waters.

Maat's feather of truth was the standard against which the heart was judged, and a heart heavier than the feather was devoured by the monster Ammit.

The Hyksos introduced horse-drawn chariots and new bronze-working techniques to Egypt, and were eventually expelled by the Theban rulers who founded the New Kingdom.