Q 01/05

At which Egyptian temple does the dawn sun reach the innermost shrine of its sun gods on two days a year?

A) Luxor Temple

B) Dendera

C) Philae

D) Abu Simbel

Answer · why

D) Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel: around 22 February and 22 October the first rays run the whole length of the rock-cut temple, which was moved uphill in the 1960s to save ...

Q 02/05

With which bird's head is Ra most commonly depicted?

A) A heron

B) A falcon

C) A vulture

D) An ibis

Answer · why

B) A falcon

A falcon, but only by day: for the journey through the underworld each night, Egyptian artists gave the sun god a different animal's head altogether.

Q 03/05

What sits on top of Ra's head in his classic depiction?

A) A sun disc between cow horns

B) A sun disc on a crescent

C) A sun disc encircled by a cobra

D) A winged sun disc

Answer · why

C) A sun disc encircled by a cobra

A sun disc encircled by a cobra: the rearing snake, the uraeus, was the god's fierce protector, and pharaohs wore one on the brow for the same protect...

Q 04/05

Ra's cult city, which the Greeks called Heliopolis, now lies beneath the suburbs of which modern city?

A) Suez

B) Luxor

C) Cairo

D) Aswan

Answer · why

C) Cairo

Cairo: the temple city the Egyptians called Iunu was once one of Egypt's great religious centres, yet almost nothing of it is left above ground.

Q 05/05

Beside which pyramid was a cedar ship buried, perhaps to carry its king across the sky with Ra?

A) The Step Pyramid of Djoser

B) The Bent Pyramid

C) The Red Pyramid

D) The Great Pyramid of Giza

Answer · why

D) The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza: Khufu's ship lay sealed in a pit beside it for some 4,500 years until 1954, when it was found virtually intact.