Reading the Evidence at Giza: teacher key

Ancient Egypt, grade 10 edition, written for 10th grade. The Sphinx's missing nose, a diary on papyrus, and a buried workers' city: what the evidence at Giza says, and what is still argued.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How big is the Sphinx?
   • About 24 feet long
   • About 240 feet long and more than 65 feet tall (answer)
   • About 2,400 feet long
2. What does a drawing from 1737 show about the Sphinx's nose?
   • It was intact
   • It was gold
   • It was already destroyed (answer)
3. What did the Wadi al-Jarf papyri include?
   • A diary kept by an inspector named Merer (answer)
   • A map of Giza
   • A list of pharaohs
4. What were the Tura blocks most likely used for?
   • Building the Sphinx
   • Making boats
   • Roofing for one of the pits near the pyramid (answer)
5. What is bak?
   • A kind of boat
   • A kind of labor service owed to those above (answer)
   • A stone block
6. What did Mark Lehner's team find at Giza?
   • Two workers' towns side by side (answer)
   • A lost pyramid
   • A royal throne

Words

• plateau: high flat land
• papyri: paper scrolls
• anchors: boat weights
• archaeologists: past diggers
• bak: labor service