Ancient Egypt

Question 1

Antony & Cleopatra died there in 30 B.C.

Answer 1

Alexandria

Question 2

Once part of Thebes, this valley was the burial site of many Egyptian pharaohs of the 18th, 19th & 20th dynasties.

Answer 2

Valley of the Kings

Question 3

A vizier to Djoser, this Egyptian was one of the few mortals to be completely deified & was worshipped as the god of medicine

Answer 3

Imhotep

Question 4

At least 60 pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s 18th to 20th dynasties, beginning with Thutmose I and famously including Tutankhamun, were buried in tombs in a narrow gorge in western Thebes known (quite accurately, in fact) as the ______ of the _____. (Fill in both blanks.)

Answer 4

Valley of the Kings

Question 5

This Macedonian general and confidant to Alexander the Great would go on to begin a three-century namesake dynasty in Egypt. It would be the last dynasty before the territory was taken over by the Roman empire.

Answer 5

Ptolemy I Soter