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Ancient sites quiz

David Whitley, 23/06/202523/06/2025

This travel quiz is about ancient sites around the world? Can you work out which sites and monuments were created by which civilisation? And which country they’re in now? Take on the challenge and find out.

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Ancient sites quiz

This travel quiz is about ancient sites around the world? Can you work out which sites and monuments were created by which civilisation? And which country they’re in now? Take on the challenge and find out.

1 / 10

What does Ciudad Perdida, an ancient site rediscovered in Colombia in 1972, mean in English when translated from Spanish?

2 / 10

Which world famous landmark is the tomb of Khufu (sometimes known as Cheops)?

3 / 10

In which Asian country would you find the ancient citadel of Sigiriya, built by King Kashyapa I after killing his father?

4 / 10

What is the name of the Roman city that was buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD, then discovered by Domenico Fontana while preparing a route for an aqueduct in 1592?

5 / 10

In which modern-day country would you find the remains of Troy, which Homer immortalised with the tale of the wooden horse in the Iliad?

6 / 10

In which country can you find the ruins of Karakorum, the main city of a mighty empire until Kublai Khan moved the capital to Xanadu in 1260?

7 / 10

In which country would you find the substantial ruins of Italica – birthplace of Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian – outside the town of Santiponce?

8 / 10

In which South American country can you visit the ancient Incan ruins of Ingapirca, near the modern day city of Cuenca?

9 / 10

Which Mayan site on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, visited by more than 2.5 million people a year, was discovered by Francisco de Montejo in 1533?

10 / 10

Where might you see the Temple of Aphrodite Urania, the Stoa of Attalos and the Altar of the Twelve Gods while walking through the Ancient Agora?

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