Part 1

Question 1

Answer 1

Great Pyramids at Giza

Egypt

2550-2460 BC

Tallest building in the world for nearly 4,000 years

Question 2

Answer 2

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

Deir-el-Bahari, Egypt

1473-1458 BC

Site chosen as valley is considered to be sacred because of connection to funerary godess Hathor

Question 3

Answer 3

Great Temple of Ramesses II

Abu Simbel, Egypt

1285-1255 BC

Made up of two temples, both are rock cut

Question 4

Answer 4

Parthenon

Athens

448-432 BC

Architects were Iktinos and Kallikrates

Question 5

Answer 5

Temple of Hephaestus

Athens

449 BC

Classical example of Dorian architecture

Question 6

Answer 6

Caryatid Porch, Erechtheon

Athens

421-405 BC

Porch built to conceal large 15ft beam used to support south-west corner of Kekropion

Question 7

Answer 7

Pont du Gard

Nimes, Gaul (France)

1st Century BC

Built to transfer water from the aqueduct across the river Gard

Question 8

Answer 8

Temple of Fortuna Virilis

Rome

2nd Century BC

Uses Ionic order

Question 9

Answer 9

Pantheon

Rome

118-128 AD

Largest dome in world for 1,300 years

Question 10

Answer 10

Colosseum

Rome

75-80 AD

Built by emperor Vespasian and completed by son Titus, as a gift for the Roman people