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ROOM 2
In this room you will find some prehistoric
come from the archaeological site of Olduvai.
1. Where is Olduvai? _______________________
2. Which stone tool is
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3. How old are they?
Chopping tool _______________
Handaxe___________________
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In this room you can fin
prehistoric art
What animal is represented on it?
In this room you will find some prehistoric stone
come from the archaeological site of Olduvai.
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2. Which stone tool is older, the chopping tool or the handaxe?
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In this room you can find one of the oldest examples of
What animal is represented on it? ____________________
stone tools. They
, the chopping tool or the handaxe?
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one of the oldest examples of
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ROOM 4
Room 4 concentrates
Egypt. It also contains one of the most important discoveries in
the history of Archaeology, the Rosetta stone.
1. What kind of writing
RossetaStone?
a) Cuneiform
2. Who was the first man able to decipher
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3. This sculpture represents one of the most powerful pharaos
in the history of Egypt.
What was his name?
Room 4 concentrates on some sculptures
Egypt. It also contains one of the most important discoveries in
the history of Archaeology, the Rosetta stone.
writing could be deciphered from the
b) Hieroglyphs c) Ancient Greek
2. Who was the first man able to decipher hieroglyphs
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3. This sculpture represents one of the most powerful pharaos
in the history of Egypt.
What was his name? ______________________________________
some sculptures from Ancient
Egypt. It also contains one of the most important discoveries in
could be deciphered from the
c) Ancient Greek
hieroglyphs?
3. This sculpture represents one of the most powerful pharaos
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ROOM 18
What you can find in this
that once decorated one of the most famous temples of Greek
civilization.
1. Do you know the name of that temple?
2. In what city wasit?
3. Why are those sculptures in the British Museum of London?
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ROOM 24
This sculpture comes from the Easter
Island, in Polynesia.
1. What is the native
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2. What do these sculptures represent?
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What you can find in this room is a group of sculptures
that once decorated one of the most famous temples of Greek
1. Do you know the name of that temple? ________________
it? ____________________
3. Why are those sculptures in the British Museum of London?
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This sculpture comes from the Easter
the native name?
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2. What do these sculptures represent?
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room is a group of sculptures
that once decorated one of the most famous temples of Greek
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3. Why are those sculptures in the British Museum of London?
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ROOM 55
ROOM 56
This is the Standard of Ur.
ROOMS62-63
These rooms are dedicated to the afterlife in the Ancient
Egypt.
This is a papyrus representing the judgement of Osiris. It
was to show the dead what to do after passing away.
This is the Flood Tablet. It is a part of the
Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a
Mesopotamian mythological
1. What Biblical character is this Epic
relatedto?
a) Noah b) Jesus
This is the Standard of Ur.
1. Where was the city of Ur?
a) Sumer.
b) Akkad.
A) Assyria
These rooms are dedicated to the afterlife in the Ancient
This is a papyrus representing the judgement of Osiris. It
was to show the dead what to do after passing away.
1. What was it?
_______________________________
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This is the Flood Tablet. It is a part of the
Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a
mythological hero.
acter is this Epic
c) Moses
Ur?
These rooms are dedicated to the afterlife in the Ancient
This is a papyrus representing the judgement of Osiris. It
was to show the dead what to do after passing away.
_______________________________
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ROOMS62-63
To make living in
to preserve the body after
bodies of the deceased
2. This is the mummy of a woman that
famous queen of Egypt. What was her name?
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4. Egyptian also mummified pets. This is an example. Can you
living in the afterlife possible, the
to preserve the body after death. They had to mummify the
the deceased.
2. This is the mummy of a woman that had the same
famous queen of Egypt. What was her name?
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3. Egyptian buried mummies in special
boxes richly decorated
called:
a) Canopic jars.
b) Coffin.
c) Mastaba.
4. Egyptian also mummified pets. This is an example. Can you
find any other mummified anima
room?
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possible, the Egyptians had
had to mummify the
the same name as a
buried mummies in special
boxes richly decorated. They were
4. Egyptian also mummified pets. This is an example. Can you
find any other mummified animalin the
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ROOM 49
2. When was it made?
ROOM 50
ROOM 70
This is suposed to be the first
representation of Christ in the British
islands.
1. What kind of technique was used?
a) Mosaic.
b)Sculpture.
c) Painting.
made? ___________________________
This piece belongs to:
a) Celcit art.
b) Roman art.
c) Greek art.
This head represents the first Roman
Emperor. What was his name?
a) Caesar.
b) Nero.
c) Augustus.
This is suposed to be the first
representation of Christ in the British
1. What kind of technique was used?
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This head represents the first Roman
Emperor. What was his name?