Q 01/05

Which modern country, heartland of ancient Nubia, has more pyramids than Egypt?

A) Ethiopia

B) Libya

C) Sudan

D) Chad

Answer · why

C) Sudan

Sudan has more than 200 known pyramids, raised by Kushite rulers over the tombs of kings, queens and wealthy citizens.

Q 02/05

Ancient Egyptians called Nubia Ta-Seti, a name usually translated as the 'Land of' which weapon?

A) The Bow

B) The Spear

C) The Sling

D) The Axe

Answer · why

A) The Bow

The Bow was so much Nubia's weapon that Egyptian armies recruited Nubian archers, and a tomb model from Asyut shows a company of them on the march.

Q 03/05

Which title did the ruling queens of Kush hold, one of whom appears in the Book of Acts?

A) Basilissa

B) Sultana

C) Augusta

D) Kandake

Answer · why

D) Kandake

Kandake reached English as the name Candace, because the Book of Acts uses the Kushite title as if it were the queen's own name.

Q 04/05

Which queen of Kush, described by Strabo as blind in one eye, raided Roman Egypt and won a peace?

A) Shanakdakhete

B) Amanirenas

C) Amanitore

D) Nawidemak

Answer · why

B) Amanirenas

Amanirenas sent envoys who met the emperor on Samos, and the treaty they won kept the frontier peaceful for about three centuries.

Q 05/05

Kushite raiders buried a looted bronze head of which Roman emperor beneath temple steps at Meroë?

A) Augustus

B) Tiberius

C) Vespasian

D) Hadrian

Answer · why

A) Augustus

Augustus lay underfoot for more than 1,900 years: the head was buried below a temple stair, and the dry sand preserved its glass and calcite eyes.