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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


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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in the history of Egypt.

What was his name? ______________________________________

some sculptures from Ancient


could be deciphered from the

c) Ancient Greek

hieroglyphs?


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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


1. Do you know the name of that temple? ________________

it? ____________________


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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


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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




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?




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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.


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


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?

In London, May__, 2012

Name:

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