Some sample questions from this category:
* What is the oldest wonder of the ancient world?
* Which wonder was rebuilt in the 4th century BC but destroyed by the Goths in the 3rd century AD?
* Who was the architect of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
* The Colossus of Rhodes was built in whose honor?
* Who designed the Statue of Zeus at Olympia?
* Which wonder was destroyed by fire in AD 475?
* Where was the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus located?
* Which wonder was built by a woman?
* Which Pharoah's pyramid was often listed as one of the seven wonders on its own?
* What institution, thought to be built near the end of the 4th century b.c., held almost all the knowledge of that time?
* Where did they have schools, similar to our High Schools 5,000 years ago?
* Who were the first people to develop playing cards?
* How may animals died in the celebration of the opening of Rome's colosseum?
* Long before Egypt built the pyramids, they had what?
* What was an important ingredient in over half of Egypt's medicines 3,600 years ago?
* 3,500 years ago, Sumerian apothecaries used parts of the Willow Tree as medicine. What would be the modern equivalent?
* In India, some 2,000 years ago, what was sometimes used as sutures?
* How heavy is the Heel Stone of Stonehenge?
* What did the Chinese underground army guard?
* In 1936, excavators uncovered an earthenware vase in Iraq from the ruins of a 2,000 year old village. The bottom of the tube was sealed with a copper disk, and an iron rod with an asphalt plug at the top. What is this believed to have been?
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