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AAA Test 3 – Questions & SolutionsT/F As excitement about the possibility of hidden tomb chambers grows, we
should remember that it is easy and straightforward to distinguish human-
made chambers and artifacts from natural features. ✔️Ans - False
(T/F) The fact that Nefertiti's tomb has never been found AND that the scans
show "anomalies" behind the walls of King Tut's tomb MEANS that Reeves is
correct and we have now found Nefertiti's tomb. ✔️Ans - False
(T/F) An example of justifying an historical reconstruction based on diffusion
is using cultural comparisons to demonstrate that the Maya and Egyptians are
similar in culture because they both built pyramids ✔️Ans - True
(T/F) As Donnelly suggested, because we have found obelisks, pyramids and
mummies on both sides of the Atlantic, it proves that the Maya and the
Egyptians descended from each other or radiated from a similar common
source. ✔️Ans - False
Archaeology shows the pyramids of Egypt were constructed
By preparing the worksite by leveling the building surface
All answers are correct
through the use of local Egyptian human labor to cut and move the stone
blocks
by quarrying the stone blocks from the Giza plateau ✔️Ans - All answers
are correct
The curse of Tutankhamen
resulted in deaths of most of the archaeologists involved in the dig.
continued to afflict visitors to the artifact exhibition decades after their
excavation.
, was inscribed on a tablet found in the burial chamber
was made up by a newspaper to whip up public interest and sell papers.
✔️Ans - was made up by a newspaper to whip up public interest and sell
papers.
The purpose of the pyramids was to
serve as tombs for the pharoahs
impress people with the power and might of Egypt
All choicse are correct
keep the population busy during the annual flooding of the Nile ✔️Ans -
All choicse are correct
Why is Tutankhamen so famous?
He was the most powerful ruler of the New Kingdom.
His tomb produced evidence that enabled hieroglyphics to be translated.
His was the only unlooted pharoah's tomb ever discovered thus far by
archaoeologists.
The curse on his tomb killed scores of workers who violated his tomb
✔️Ans - His was the only unlooted pharoah's tomb ever discovered thus far
by archaoeologists.
(T/F) A 'goodness of fit' model clearly demonstrates that the Egyptian
pyramids were the product of independent invention and not diffusion from
an unknown and unrecognized source. ✔️Ans - True
A type of early Egyptian royal tomb that predated the pyramids was the
the Sphinx
hidden tomb in the Valley fo the Kings
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