WSC Quiz Archaeological Sites

a. What year was the Rosetta Stone discovered?

• 1799

• 1899

• 1999

• 2009

What method of preservation is used to conserve the Rosetta Stone?

• Encasing in glass

• Freezing

• Humidity control

• Coating with a chemical sealant

Who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Jean-François Champollion

• Cleopatra

• Howard Carter

d. Where was the Rosetta Stone found?

• Egypt

• Greece

• Turkey

• Syria

a. When were the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered?

• 1947

• 1967

• 1987

• 2007

b. How were the Dead Sea Scrolls preserved?

• In clay jars in caves

• Buried in sand

• Frozen

• Coated with wax

c. Who discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls?

• Bedouin shepherds

• Archaeologists from Israel

• British soldiers

• French monks

d. Where were the Dead Sea Scrolls found?

• Caves near African coast

• Caves near the West Lake

• Caves near the Dead Sea in Isreal/Jordan

• Caves near Pompeii

a. When was Borobudur rediscovered?

• 1814

• 1914

• 2014

• 1714

b. How was Borobudur preserved?

• ii. Abandoned and left to nature

• Underwater

• Kept dry by the desert

• i. Covered with a volcanic ash