Why did modern Egyptology begin in 1799?

That is the date of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone

He was the first artist whose name is recorded in history

Art that is "in Situ"

Has never been moved from its original location

What motivated cultural changes in the Amarna Period?

Religion went from polytheistic to monotheistic

The carvings along the steps that led to the Apadana at Persepolis show

Ambassadors bringing tribute gifts to the king

A large hall with a “forest of columns"

A group of hieroglyphs spelling a pharaoh’s name

Characteristics of the sculpture depicting Khafre include

idealized, youthful pharaoh who looks calm

The Stele of Hammurabi represents

a god granting the right to codify and enforce the law

The front covering of a building

The tomb of King Tut is most famous because he

Had a tomb that was not robbed before its discovery

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1
Which detail in this scene refers to mummification?
The white platform
The ankh held by Horus
Hunefer's white clothing
Two women behind Osirus
2
Why did modern Egyptology begin in 1799?
That is the year the Pyramid of Djoser was explored
That is when King Tut’s tomb was discovered
That is when Imhotep’s name became known
That is the date of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone
3
During which age did we see the birth of monumental architecture?
Middle Kingdom
Pre-dynastic
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
4
How many times does Hunefer appear in the Book of the Dead?
1
4
3
2
5
What are the symbols of importance that are used to show Hammurabi is above others?
All of the above
He is being handed a ring and a staff
He is speaking one on one with a god
The stele is over 7 ft. tall
6
Who was Imhotep?
He was the successor of King Tut
He was the architect of Hatshepsut’s tomb
He wrote the first history of Egypt
He was the first artist whose name is recorded in history
7
An entrance to a building with no turns is called
an axial plan
A split axis
an Amarna plan
A narthex
8
This detail of a sculpture is of
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
Nefertiti
Akhenaten
9
Art that is "in Situ"
Has never been moved from its original location
Has a funerary purpose
Shows a pharaoh under the protection of a god
10
What motivated cultural changes in the Amarna Period?
Religion went from polytheistic to monotheistic
Religion went from monotheistic to polytheistic
Egypt was under attack from the North and South
Nefertiti preferred naturalistic art
11
The carvings along the steps that led to the Apadana at Persepolis show
The king victorious in battle scenes
Ambassadors bringing tribute gifts to the king
Votive figures offering prayers
The king killing lions
12
This is a parody of
King Tut's Tomb
The Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer
The Seated Scribe
The Apadana of Darius and Xerxes
13
Horizontal bands of visual story-telling are called
heraldic compositions
registers
Composite views
horor vacuii
14
What was the original function of the sculpture of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Daughters?
A decorative panel for public space
An altar for his burial chamber
An altar for a private home
An altar for the queen
15
Who was the greatest builder of the new kingdom?
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
Ramses II
Imhotep
16
Who discovered King Tut's Tomb?
Nomads
Howard Carter
Nefertiti
Lord Elgin
17
Which king first united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Hatshepsut
Narmer
Assurbanipal
Khafre
18
This sculpture is from the
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Early dynastic era
Pre-dynastic era
19
A Hypostyle Hall is
A city of the dead
A funerary temple
The place where the heart is weighed in the afterlife
A large hall with a “forest of columns"
20
This shows Hunefer's afterlife
True
False
21
Who ordered Hatshepsut removed from history
Her brother, Thutmosis III
The architect of her tomb
Her mother, who favored her son over her daughter
King Tut
22
Wide open eyes in a Sumerian sculpture show
Knowledge of suffering
Eternal worship
Interest in the afterlife
Fear
23
What is a cartouche?
The burial chamber in a pyramid
An Egyptian military general
A group of hieroglyphs spelling a pharaoh’s name
A stone coffin
24
A Sepulchre is
Art that is crowded with figures
A home for Osirus
A stone coffin
A city of the dead
25
An architectural style where angular changes are needed to reach an entrance is called
A hypostyle plan
A ziggurat
A bent-axis-plan
An axial plan
26
Characteristics of the sculpture depicting Khafre include
idealized, youthful pharaoh who looks calm
pharaoh shown killing the leader of his enemies
naturalistic rendering of an aging pharaoh
Active pose with negative space cut completely away
27
What did scenes showing a pharaoh hunting wild animals symbolize?
weakness of the enemy
Triumph of good over evil
Cruelty of the pharaoh
Strength
28
What did the ancient Sumerians invent?
Farming
All of the above
Writing
Mathematics
29
The representation of the fundamental distinguishing properties of a person
heraldic composition
composite view
hierarchy of scale
register
30
Darius and Xerxes created a large complex of buildings at
Ur
Persepolis
Babylon
Cairo
31
Who was the female ruler of the 18^th Dynasty?
Imhotep
Nefertiti
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
32
The Stele of Hammurabi represents
the coronation of the ruler
a god granting the right to codify and enforce the law
the politics of Sumer and Babylon
the gods granting the right to conquer others
33
The servant depicted behind Narmer in the Palette of Narmer
Has defeated enemies under his feet
Holds Narmer’s sandals
Carries the head of a defeated enemy
Holds the god Horas, shown as a hawk
34
The symbols of a united Egypt were
A scarab and a sepulchre
A cobra and a bull
Lotus and papyrus
An Ankh and a lotus
35
The Standard of Ur shows
Heirarchy of scale
Both war and peace
All of the above
Humiliation of prisioners
36
In Egypt, the life force or spirit is called the
Sepulchre
Ka
Book of the Dead
Temple
37
A lamassu is
Always in situ
A guardian figure
a Votive figure
a form of writing
38
Egyptians believed in an afterlife that was
Presided over by Osiris
Presided over by Ammit
Available to both the good and the evil
A place that offered forgiveness for wrongdoing
39
A Façade is
The front covering of a building
The symbol of life
The covering on a mummy
A column with no structural purpose
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The tomb of King Tut is most famous because he
Was the pharaoh with the longest reign
Had a tomb that was not robbed before its discovery
Was the pharaoh who imposed monotheism
Was a major pharaoh of the New Kingdom

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