Famous Archaeological Finds

Howard Carter discovered the nearly intact tomb of which Egyptian pharaoh in 1922?

The Rosetta Stone, key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics, was discovered by soldiers of which country?

The Terracotta Army, thousands of life-sized clay soldiers, was discovered in 1974 near which Chinese city?

The Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Jewish texts, were first discovered in 1947 by whom?

Heinrich Schliemann is famous for excavating the ancient city of Troy, located in modern-day which country?

The ancient city of Pompeii was preserved by the eruption of which volcano in 79 AD?

'Lucy,' a 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton, was discovered in 1974 in which African country?

The Sutton Hoo ship burial, one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon finds, was discovered in 1939 in which country?

Machu Picchu was brought to international attention in 1911 by which American explorer?

The Lascaux cave paintings in France are estimated to be approximately how old?

Ötzi the Iceman, a naturally mummified man from around 3300 BC, was found in the Alps between which two countries?

The ancient Minoan palace of Knossos was excavated by Arthur Evans on which Greek island?

The Olduvai Gorge, where Louis and Mary Leakey made major discoveries about early human evolution, is in which country?

The tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, is famous for containing which remarkable discovery?

The Antikythera mechanism, often called the world's first analog computer, was recovered from a shipwreck near which country?