Archaeology
Preposition Exercise
Online Practice with Answers

The city of Angkor was a thriving capital

• after
• from
• about
• until

its decline in the 15th century.

Inscriptions carved

• through
• onto
• for
• along

stelae in Mayan cities recorded royal lineages.

A temple

• beside
• between
• before
• beyond

the Parthenon in Athens was dedicated to Athena Nike, goddess of victory.

Structures

• for
• like
• on
• during

the ziggurats of Mesopotamia served as religious and administrative centers.

In 1940, the discovery

• to
• as
• of
• on

the Lascaux cave’s 17,000-year-old art revealed early human creativity.

The Colosseum in Rome was built

• for
• like
• with
• from

gladiatorial contests and public spectacles.

Roman structures remained hidden

• during
• across
• above
• under

Naples’ modern streets until the early 2000s.

Tombs

• between
• through
• along
• until

the Euphrates River, excavated in the 1920s, revealed 3,500-year-old Mesopotamian jewelry.

Napoleon’s troops found the Rosetta Stone

• at
• by
• on
• in

accident in 1799.

The Knossos palace on Crete thrived

• below
• among
• except
• during

the Minoan peak around 1700 BCE.