Answer the following about burial grounds found across the ancient world, for 10 points each.
[10e] For centuries, pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried in rock-cut tombs at this site in Luxor. King Tut was found at this site built near ancient Thebes.
ANSWER: Valley of the Kings [accept Valley of the Gates of the Kings; accept Wādī el-Mulūk]
[10m] Six burial grounds in Bahrain containing almost 12,000 examples of this kind of grave were left by the Dilmun civilization. These burial mounds name a hypothesis regarding the Proto-Indo-European homeland.
ANSWER: kurgans [accept tumulus or tumuli; accept barrows]
[10h] This term for an underground temple or tomb gives its name to a Neolithic complex in Malta whose “Oracle Room” amplifies sound throughout it. This Greek term also designated the complex of tunnels below the Colosseum.
ANSWER: hypogeum [accept Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni]
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