What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World questions
Who discovered the Temple of Artemis?
John Turtle Wood
Who was one of the most important goddesses to the Ephesians?
Artemis
Where is the Parthenon?
Athens, Greece
Who was the warrior goddess?
Bastet
Who built the pyramids?
Egyptians
What is the most famous monument in the world?
Great Pyramid at Giza
What was the third famous landmark in Babylon?
Hanging Gardens
Who was the goddess of love, beauty, music, laughter and fun?
Hathor
Who was god of the sky?
Horus
What is present day Babylon?
Iraq
Who was the wife of Osiris and goddess of healing, motherhood, and protection of children?
Isis
What happened to the temple?
purposely set on fire
Where were the stones for the pyramids from?
quarries
What is ebony?
rare, tropical wood
How do we know about ancient times?
records and items in tombs
Where was the money stored?
room called the treasury
What was a pharaoh?
ruler
Why were the Olympic Games forbidden after 392 A.D.?
seen as pagan
What finally destroyed the mausoleum?
series of earthquakes
What is a capstone?
small pyramid at the point where the triangular sides meet
What is a sarcophagus?
stone coffin
What were amazons?
super strong race of women
How many chambers were inside?
three
What is a pyramid?
three dimensional object with triangular sides meeting in a point
What did Thomas, Earl of Elgin, do from 1801-1812?
took sculpture from Parthenon without permission
What did several writers of ancient times do?
travel and see the world's most famous landmarks
What was significant about the 1986 Olympic Games?
watch on television
What was this temple a symbol of?
wealth and power
Why was the temple built on marshy ground?
withstand earthquakes
What does Khnum-khufu mean?
"Khnum protects me"
What does bas-relief mean?
"Low raised work"
How long did it take to build the Temple of Artemis?
120 years
How long did the mausoleum stand?
1700 years
When was the British Museum founded?
1753
When was the Temple of Artemis discovered?
1869
When was the monument completed?
1922
How many men worked on building the pyramids?
20-30,000
When were the pyramids built?
2550 to 2530 B.C.
How long did the pyramids take to build?
30 years
How long has this tallest human made structure in the world been around?
3880 years
When was the temple destroyed for good?
401 A.D.
What did the summer Olympics start in Greece?
776 B.C.
How much water is needed daily for the Hanging Gardens?
8,200 gallons
Who was the 16th President of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
Who conquered Egypt in 332 B.C.?
Alexander the Great
Who was the god of the dead, teams, and embalming?
Anubis
Who built this famous landmark in Babylon?
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Who was Zeus?
King of the Greek gods
What was built to honor this president?
Lincoln Memorial
What was the Babylonian chief god?
Marduk
What was at the very top of the statue of Mausoleum and Halicaranassus?
Mausolus and Artemisia in a chariot pulled by four horses
Who was the Greek goddess of victory?
Nike
Where is this monument located?
Northern Egypt
What were the main twelve gods and goddesses called?
Olympians
Who was the ruler of the underworld and judge of the dead?
Osiris
Who was the sculptor of Zeus?
Phidias
What was discovered in the 1950's?
Phidias's drink cup
Who was the sun god?
Ra
Who was the God of darkness, destruction and chaos?
Set, or Seth
What were seven of the most unusual and impressive sights in the 7th century?
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Who was the god of strength, medicine and power?
Sobek
What colossal statue came from limestone?
The Great Sphinx
Who was the Temple's engineer and sculptor?
Theodorus
Who was the God of science, logic, intelligence, knowledge, writing and reason?
Thoth
What is a mausoleum?
above ground building houses stately tomb
When did construction on the Temple of Artemis begin?
around 550 B.C.
What did King Croesus admire about the Greeks?
art and architecture
What was the temple at Ephesus?
banking center of the city
When did Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, professional archaeologist, fully excavate the Great Pyramids?
between 1880 and 1882
What was discovered during one excavation of the Temple of Artemis?
carved column drum
What were quadriga?
chariot pulled by four horses
Why did he build this landmark?
cheer up his wife, Queen Amytis
What is mortar?
concrete
What were their tools made from?
copper and bronze
What was done to the Great Pyramids once it was completed?
covered with white limestone which would have shone brightly
What is the problem with ivory?
cracks easily
What happened to the Zeus statue in 170 B.C.?
damaged by earthquake
What does excavate mean?
dig out a hole
What was the Temple of Artemis made from?
expensive marble (1st Greek temple)
What was King Croesus known for?
fabulous wealth
Who is the Parthenon dedicated to?
goddess, Athena
What did the statue of Zeus at Olympus hold in his right hand?
gold and ivory figure of Nike goddess of victory
What were the hardest stones in Khufu's time?
granite
What is a shrine?
holy place marked by a building
What is the greatest mystery about the Hanging Gardens?
how they are watered
Why is nothing inside the pyramid today?
likely robbers from ancient times looted and stole
What was Khufu believed to be?
link between them and the gods
Why were the twelve gods and goddesses given this name?
lived on Mt. Olympus
What happened to the bodies?
made into a mummy
What was the smaller flat-topped tomb built for Egyptian nobles?
mastabas
What are the Hanging Gardens?
most mysterious of all Seven Wonders
What were Centaurs?
mythical creatures; half horse and half man
What did the Egyptians believe about the afterlife?
need same things as enjoyed in the world
What does pagan mean?
non-Christian
What is possible about the Hanging Gardens?
not existed at all
What is a facade?
outer surface
What are the pyramids made of?
over two million blocks of limestone and granite
How did the Ephesians pay to rebuild the temple?
own jewelry
Who was the Great Pyramid for?
pharaoh Khufu
What was the purpose of this colossal statue for?
protect the tomb from evil
