This quiz complements DIG's January 2010 issue, "Saqqara Secrets."

Pick one answer from the menu under each question.

1. Imhotep, architect of the Step Pyramid, was identified with what deity?

a. Osiris
b. Anubis
c. Thoth
d. Re

2. What animal represented the god Horus?

a. Ibises
b. Baboons
c. Dogs
d. Falcons

3. Neferseshemptah worked for what Egyptian king?

a. Teti
b. Seti
c. Montuhotep

d. Pepi

4. What color is faience?

a. Red
b. Blue
c. Yellow
d. Black

5. What is a saggar?

a. A mold for faience
b. A small statue buried with the dead
c. A pot to hold faience in a kiln
d. A type of kiln

6. Maya was minister of finance under what king?

a. Thutmose III
b. Tutankhamun
c. Ramses II
d. Ahmose

7. Where was Horemheb buried?

a. Saqqara
b. Thebes
c. Amarna
d. Bubastis

8. What does mastaba mean in English?

a. Pyramid
b. Burial Shaft
c. Bench
d. House

9. Renowned Egyptologist Flinders Petrie surveyed what monument with his father?

a. Luxor Temple
b. Alexandria Lighthouse
c. The Step Pyramid
d. Stonehenge

10. What nationality was Amelia Edwards?

a. Egyptian
b. South African
c. English
d. Italian

11. What is a dahabiya?

a. Boat
b. Musician
c. Servant
d. Child

12. What did Amelia Edwards and her companions use to color the plaster on a statue face at Abu Simbel?

a. Paint
b. Crayons
c. Coffee
d. Ash