Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the only one still largely standing?
AnswerThe Great Pyramid of Giza
Built around 2560 BC, the Great Pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one that survives.
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7 fact-checked facts about ancient civilizations, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
The ancient Olympic Games were held at Olympia in which land?
AnswerGreece
The ancient Games at Olympia are traditionally dated from 776 BC.
Going deeper
The Terracotta Army was buried to guard the tomb of which ruler?
AnswerQin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China
Thousands of life-size clay soldiers were found in 1974 near Xi'an.
Cuneiform, one of the earliest writing systems, was developed in which region?
AnswerMesopotamia
Sumerians pressed wedge-shaped marks into clay tablets over 5,000 years ago.
The Code of Hammurabi, an early set of written laws, comes from which ancient kingdom?
AnswerBabylon
King Hammurabi of Babylon had his laws carved on a stone stele around 1754 BC.
Expert level
The Rosetta Stone carries the same decree in hieroglyphs, Demotic and which other script?
AnswerAncient Greek
Scholars could read the Greek text, which let Jean-François Champollion decipher the hieroglyphs in 1822.
The ancient city of Mohenjo-daro belonged to which civilization?
AnswerThe Indus Valley Civilization
Mohenjo-daro, in modern Pakistan, was a planned city with drains and a grid of streets.
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