What were the massive stone tombs built by the ancient Egyptians for their pharaohs called?

The Nile, the longest river in the world, flows through which continent?

Mesopotamia, described as the cradle of civilization, was located in what modern country?

What was the writing system based on pictures and symbols used by the ancient Egyptians called?

The Great Wall was built to protect which ancient civilization from northern invasions?

Cleopatra was the last active ruler of which ancient civilization?

The Code of Hammurabi, one of the oldest written legal codes, was created in which ancient civilization?

The Sumerians are credited with inventing one of the world's first writing systems. What was it called?

The Great Sphinx of Giza has the body of a lion and the head of what?

Which ancient civilization built ziggurats, the massive stepped temple towers used for religious worship?

The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great originated in which country?

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Babylon was located in what is now which country?

Ancient Egyptians believed the pharaoh was the living incarnation of which falcon-headed god?

The Eastern Roman Empire, which survived until 1453, is also known by what name?

The Phoenicians, who lived in what is now Lebanon, are credited with developing a crucial cultural innovation that spread worldwide?

The Achaemenid Persian Empire was eventually conquered by which military leader in the 330s BC?

The ancient city of Carthage, which rivaled Rome for dominance of the Mediterranean, was located in what is now which country?

The Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten is historically notable for what major action?

The Rosetta Stone, which unlocked the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics, is inscribed in three scripts: hieroglyphics and Greek. What is the third?

The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest surviving works of literature, features a great flood narrative. Gilgamesh was the king of which Sumerian city?