What is the Turin King List?

A papyrus listing Egyptian rulers

Museo Egizio Quiz: Turin's Egyptian Treasures

This Museo Egizio quiz walks the galleries of Turin's great Egyptian museum. Play 10 interactive questions on its 1824 founding, the Drovetti collection, Champollion's studies, the Turin King List papyrus, the intact tomb of Kha and Merit, Ernesto Schiaparelli, the statue of Ramesses II, the Temple of Ellesiya and the museum's 2024 bicentenary.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Which Italian city is the Museo Egizio in?
Founded
When was the museum founded?
Collection
Whose collection formed its core?
King
Which king of Sardinia bought the collection?
Scholar
Which decipherer of hieroglyphs studied in Turin?
Papyrus
What is the Turin King List?
Tomb
Whose intact tomb contents are displayed?
Digger
Which Italian archaeologist led excavations for the museum?
Temple
Which small temple was given by Egypt to the museum?
Bicentenary
Which anniversary did the museum celebrate in 2024?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which Italian city is the Museo Egizio in?
Answer: Turin
It is in Piedmont.
Q2: When was the museum founded?
Answer: 1824
It is the oldest museum devoted entirely to Egypt.
Q3: Whose collection formed its core?
Answer: Bernardino Drovetti
He was a French consul in Egypt.
Q4: Which king of Sardinia bought the collection?
Answer: Charles Felix
Turin was his capital.
Q5: Which decipherer of hieroglyphs studied in Turin?
Answer: Jean-François Champollion
He examined its papyri.
Q6: What is the Turin King List?
Answer: A papyrus listing Egyptian rulers
It survives in fragments.
Q7: Whose intact tomb contents are displayed?
Answer: Kha and Merit
They were found in 1906.
Q8: Which Italian archaeologist led excavations for the museum?
Answer: Ernesto Schiaparelli
He found the tomb of Kha.
Q9: Which small temple was given by Egypt to the museum?
Answer: Temple of Ellesiya
It was saved from flooding by the Aswan Dam.
Q10: Which anniversary did the museum celebrate in 2024?
Answer: Its 200th
Renovations marked the occasion.

Papyri, Tombs and Two Centuries of Egyptology

The Museo Egizio in Turin was founded in 1824, making it the oldest museum in the world devoted entirely to ancient Egypt. Its core came from the collection of Bernardino Drovetti, a French consul in Egypt, bought by King Charles Felix of Sardinia, whose capital was Turin.

Soon after, Jean-François Champollion, who deciphered hieroglyphs, studied the museum's papyri, including the Turin King List, a fragile list of Egyptian rulers. In the early 1900s archaeologist Ernesto Schiaparelli led excavations and in 1906 found the intact tomb of Kha and his wife Merit, whose furniture, food and clothes are displayed.

A great statue of Ramesses II stands among the sculptures, and the small Temple of Ellesiya was given by Egypt after it was saved from flooding by the Aswan Dam. In 2024 the museum celebrated its 200th anniversary with renovations, and it holds one of the most important Egyptian collections outside Cairo.

What This Quiz Teaches

History fans will enjoy these questions.

When the museum was founded
Whose collection it holds
Which scholars studied there
Which tombs it displays
What it celebrated in 2024

Did You Know?

Mummies of humans and animals are on display.
Some bread from Kha's tomb is over 3,000 years old.
The museum is in a historic academy building.
Turin also has a famous cinema museum.
Many objects are still being studied.