What is unusual about one of his daggers?

Its blade is made of meteoric iron

Tutankhamun's Tomb Quiz: Golden Mask, Chariots and Treasures

Howard Carter peered into a sealed chamber in 1922 and saw wonderful things, and this Tutankhamun's tomb quiz explores what he found. Play 10 interactive questions on KV62, Lord Carnarvon, the golden mask, the nested coffins, the meteoric iron dagger, the chariots, the Anubis shrine, more than 5,000 objects, the curse legend and the Grand Egyptian Museum.

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

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Valley
Where was Tutankhamun's tomb found?
Year
When was the tomb discovered?
Sponsor
Who funded Carter's excavation?
Mask
Roughly how much gold is in the famous funeral mask?
Coffins
How many nested coffins held the king?
Dagger
What is unusual about one of his daggers?
Chariots
What vehicles were buried with him?
Count
Roughly how many objects were found in the tomb?
Curse
What legend grew after Carnarvon's death?
Museum
Which museum now displays the full collection?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Where was Tutankhamun's tomb found?
Answer: The Valley of the Kings
It is numbered KV62.
Q2: When was the tomb discovered?
Answer: 1922
Howard Carter found the steps.
Q3: Who funded Carter's excavation?
Answer: Lord Carnarvon
He died in 1923.
Q4: Roughly how much gold is in the famous funeral mask?
Answer: About 10 kg
It is inlaid with lapis lazuli.
Q5: How many nested coffins held the king?
Answer: Three
The innermost is solid gold.
Q6: What is unusual about one of his daggers?
Answer: Its blade is made of meteoric iron
Iron from space was precious.
Q7: What vehicles were buried with him?
Answer: Chariots
Several were taken apart to fit.
Q8: Roughly how many objects were found in the tomb?
Answer: More than 5,000
Cataloging took about ten years.
Q9: What legend grew after Carnarvon's death?
Answer: The curse of the pharaoh
Scientists dismiss it.
Q10: Which museum now displays the full collection?
Answer: The Grand Egyptian Museum
It stands near the Giza pyramids.

Tutankhamun'S Tomb Quiz – Golden Mask, Chariots and Treasures

Tutankhamun's tomb, KV62 in the Valley of the Kings, was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter, funded by Lord Carnarvon. Unlike most royal tombs, it was largely intact, packed with more than 5,000 objects.

The king lay in three nested coffins; the innermost is solid gold, weighing about 110 kg. His famous funeral mask contains about 10 kg of gold inlaid with lapis lazuli. The tomb also held chariots, a shrine topped by Anubis and a dagger with a blade of meteoric iron.

After Carnarvon died in 1923, stories of a pharaoh's curse spread, though scientists dismiss them. The collection is now displayed at the Grand Egyptian Museum near Giza, while the king's mummy remains in the tomb.

What This Quiz Teaches

History fans will enjoy these questions.

Where the tomb is
Who found it
What treasures it held
Which legends grew
Where the objects are now

Did You Know?

Tutankhamun died at about 19.
Carter spent around ten years clearing the tomb.
The burial chamber walls are painted.
Some objects were reused from earlier royals.
His tomb is small for a pharaoh.