Historical Discoveries Trivia Questions
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In 1998, the world's oldest church was discovered in Jordan. Near Jericho, what type of religious building, 300 years older, was found?
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synagogue
On which Indonesian island were the first fossils of Homo erectus discovered in 1891?
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java
What name did Leif Ericson give to the North American land he reached 400 years before Columbus?
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vinland
In 1998, divers discovered the submerged island of Antirhodos, believed to be where Cleopatra once lived, off the coast of which Egyptian city?
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alexandria
What is the name of the South Sea island discovered by Samuel Wallis where a night's pleasure could be obtained for one good-sized nail?
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tahiti
What 1799 discovery provided Greek equivalents that helped scholars understand hieroglyphics?
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rosetta stone
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