Statistics for Settlements of Ancient Egypt

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
City bearing the name of a Macedonian/Greek pharaoh	Alexandria	100%
Famous for a trio of pyramids	Giza	100%
Located at the southernmost point of the Nile Delta, the capital of Old Kingdom Egypt, a centre of worship for Ptah	Memphis	100%
Capital throughout Middle and New Kingdom Egypt, located in the fourth Upper Egyptian nome	Thebes	86%
Temple complex located in Luxor Governorate, features temples, chapels, pylons, as well as the Great Hypostyle Hall	Karnak	57%
Historic site comprising temples to Ramesses II (the Great) and Nefertari that were relocated to avoid submergence beneath Lake Nasser	Abu Simbel	43%
Western Red Sea port, developed during the Ptolemaic period, named after the mother of Ptolemy II	Berenice	29%
The first permanent Greek colony in ancient Egypt, located in the Delta	Naukratis	29%
Capital developed and used by Akhenaten	Tell el-Amarna	29%
Home to possibly the oldest brewery in the world and the memorial temple to Seti I, containing a Kings List from Dynasty 1 to 19	Abydos	14%
Hyksos capital of Egypt, remaining a capital until its capture by Ahmose I (founder of 18th Dynasty)	Avaris/Tell el-Daba	14%
Second Cataract fort, on the western bank, earliest known Egyptian settlement in Sudan	Buhen	14%
Workmen's village for the Valley of the Kings	Deir el-Medina	14%
Island settlement at the boundary between Egypt and Nubia, located prior to the First Cataract	Elephantine	14%
Town-site excavated by Flinders Petrie at the mouth of the Fayuum	El-Lahun	14%
City in the fifth Upper Egyptian nome, acted as the origin for caravan routes from the Nile to the Red Sea, principal deity worshipped was Min	Gebtu/Koptos	14%
Home to Tomb 100, the oldest depictions of ancient Egyptian life	Hierakonpolis	14%
Predynastic necropolis and cult site to Set after which a predynastic material culture has been named	Naqada	14%
Home to the step-pyramid of Djoser, a necropolis utilised primarily during the Old Kingdom	Saqqara	14%
Partially constructed using material from Pi-Ramesses, became a capital of ancient Egypt during the Third Intermediate Period	Tanis	14%