Trivia: Which ancient ruler was famous for the gold buried with him?
Herod the Great
Tutankhamun
Julius Caesar
Ivan the Terrible
The correct answer is Tutankhamun
So why is this answer correct? : Commonly referred to as “King Tut,” Tutankhamun was the pharaoh of Egypt for 10 years until his death around 1324 BCE at the age of 19. He was relatively unknown by the modern world until 1922, when his 3,000-year-old tomb was excavated to reveal unbelievable treasures, which quickly made Tut the world’s most famous pharaoh. Along with 5,000 artifacts, he was buried in a 24-pound gold portrait mask and laid in a series of three golden coffins nested inside each other, all placed in a granite sarcophagus. The findings proved how important gold and other valuable treasures were to ancient Egyptian society.