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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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 Parthenon in Athens was dedicated to which goddess?
AnswerAthena
The Parthenon was built in the 5th century BC as a temple to Athena, patron of Athens.
Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March. What date is that?
AnswerMarch 15
In the Roman calendar the Ides of March fell on the 15th; Caesar was killed in 44 BC.
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 ruins of ancient Carthage lie in which modern country?
AnswerTunisia
Carthage, founded by Phoenicians, stood near modern Tunis until Rome destroyed it in 146 BC.
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