Q 01/05

Egyptologists think the falcon shown as Horus was most likely a lanner or which other species?

A) A peregrine

B) A kestrel

C) A merlin

D) A gyrfalcon

Answer · why

A) A peregrine

A peregrine: either falcon suits a sky god whose name is thought to mean 'the distant one' or 'the one who is above'.

Q 02/05

Besides being husband and wife, how were Horus's parents Isis and Osiris related?

A) Mother and son

B) Brother and sister

C) Aunt and nephew

D) First cousins

Answer · why

B) Brother and sister

Brother and sister: both were children of the sky goddess Nut, and Plutarch wrote that the pair fell in love before they were born, inside their mothe...

Q 03/05

Set, the uncle who fought Horus for Egypt's throne, was the god of what?

A) The Nile flood

B) Wisdom and writing

C) Deserts and storms

D) Embalming the dead

Answer · why

C) Deserts and storms

Deserts and storms: Egyptians gave Set the barren Red Land beyond the Nile's fields, yet he was also shown at the prow of the sun god's boat, spearing...

Q 04/05

In the Papyrus of Hunefer, Horus leads the dead scribe to Osiris after his heart is weighed against what?

A) A scarab

B) A feather

C) A grain of sand

D) A loaf of bread

Answer · why

B) A feather

A feather: it stood for Maat, the goddess of truth, and a heart that outweighed it was thrown to Ammit, the 'Devourer', ending its owner's hope of an ...

Q 05/05

What was the ancient Egyptian word for the Eye of Horus symbol?

A) Uraeus

B) Ankh

C) Djed

D) Wedjat

Answer · why

D) Wedjat

Wedjat means the 'whole' or 'sound' eye; because the eye was restored after Set's attack, its image became one of Egypt's most popular protective amul...