plumiMycenaean tombs, graves and burial: OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation questions
Every OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation exam question on Mycenaean tombs, graves and burial, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 14 questions on Mycenaean tombs, graves and burial, as a list
- June 2025, The Homeric World, Q1 (1 mark): Source A: Scenes from burial caskets from Tanagra showing funeral customs. 1 What material would the Mycenaeans have made burial caskets (coffins) from? [1]
- June 2025, The Homeric World, Q2 (4 marks): Source A: Scenes from burial caskets from Tanagra showing funeral customs. 2 What does the decoration of these caskets (coffins) tell us about Mycenaean burial
- June 2025, The Homeric World, Q3(a) (2 marks): State two customs not shown in Source A that happened at a Mycenaean funeral. 1 2 [2]
- June 2025, The Homeric World, Q3(b) (1 mark): Choose one of these customs. How does it show that the Mycenaeans treated their dead with great respect? [1]
- June 2024, The Homeric World, Q13 (15 marks): Answer Question 23 or Question 24. You must use any suitable literature you have studied to support your answer. 13 ‘The dead in Mycenae were treated with great
- June 2023, The Homeric World, Q1(a) (1 mark): What type of grave is shown in Source A? [1]
- June 2023, The Homeric World, Q1(b) (2 marks): Describe how the Mycenaeans buried their dead in this type of grave. [2]
- June 2023, The Homeric World, Q2 (4 marks): Source A: A Mycenaean grave. 2 Why were there different types of burials and graves in the Mycenaean Age? Make two points. 1 2 [4]
- June 2022, The Homeric World, Q3(a) (1 mark): In what part of Mycenae was this item found? [1]
- June 2022, The Homeric World, Q3(b) (1 mark): How have archaeologists been able to date this item? [1]
- June 2022, The Homeric World, Q10 (15 marks): Answer one of the following questions. You should refer to any of the literature you have studied to support your argument. 10 ‘Honouring the dead was a vital p
- November 2021, The Homeric World, Q7 (1 mark): Source C: A drawing of a burial site. 7 What type of burial site is shown in Source C? [1]
- November 2021, The Homeric World, Q8 (6 marks): Source C: A drawing of a burial site. 8 Describe three customs that would have been part of a Mycenaean burial. 1. 2. 3. [6]
- November 2021, The Homeric World, Q9 (2 marks): Source C: A drawing of a burial site. 9 How were burial sites, like the one shown in Source C, created by the Mycenaeans? [2]
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