A quiet quiz
Games
These questions test published facts. Where two Britannica articles disagree, the honest answer is that they disagree. There is no “which is tallest” score, and no curse game.
A short quiz
Which pyramid is the oldest and the largest?
Where is the entrance to the Great Pyramid?
What do the Giza pyramids contain today, according to Britannica?
How tall is the Great Pyramid now?
Where does UNESCO place the first pyramid ever built?
Myth or fact
The Giza pyramids are still full of treasure and hieroglyphs.
Climbing the pyramids is now illegal.
The only workforce figure worth repeating is Herodotus’s 100,000 men.
The Great Sphinx has a man’s face and a recumbent lion’s body.
Khafre’s pyramid still has outer casing stones at the top.