Complete the text using the words in brackets and putting them into the correct form

 

Inside the small tomb the 1. (archeology) found Tutankhamun’s mummy. It was 2. (hide) inside three coffins. The last, third one, (to make) of gold. The pharaoh’s head was (cover) with a 3. (wonder) gold mask, which is now on display in museum in Cairo. The mummy 4. (to wear) beautiful (jewel). There were other rooms in the tomb where archeologists found 5. (to furnish), clothes, a chariot and weapons. The ancient 5. (Egypt) believed that Tutankhamun would use these after 5. (to die) in the next life. Hieroglyphics on the walls told the 6. (archeology) about 7. (religion) and 8. (day) life in Ancient Egypt. Furthermore, they learned such details, as the 9. (historical) of the Pharaoh’s rule. Thanks to that, nowadays we know that Tutankhamun died 10. (age) only 18.

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Task III.

Read the text and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

 

In the past, emperors and pharaohs (1) _____ great monuments built so they would be remembered (2) _____ future generations. Sometimes after a victory they had statues (3) _____ in order to thank the god or goddess (4) _____ had helped them win the battle. It is for these reasons that the Pyramids and the Obelisks (5) _____ built. During the rule of the Pharaohs a complex of pyramids (6) _____ built which still counts as a world wonder. It is amazing to think that even in 100 years’ time we will still (7) ______ admiring buildings which have been around (8) _____ thousands of years.

What about our own civilization? What (9) ______ future generations say about us? In towns and cities today, banks are some of the most impressive buildings (10) _____ we can see. Perhaps we (11) _______ still be using these buildings in 100 years’ perspective or longer. (12) _______ will we admire them as much as we admire the Pyramids? I doubt it.

 

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5.		11.
6.		12.

 

Task IV.

Choose a topic for discussion.

 

1) Historians often form a group of civilizations by geographical principle – so called “river civilizations”. These civilizations appeared and formed in the fertile valleys of mighty rivers. All of them – the Egyptian and the Assyrian, Chinese and Indian civilizations have some specific peculiarities. Try to find their common and specific features.

2) Nowadays when we want to save information we use a computer. But paper is still widely spread. The ancient Egyptians for the same purpose used papyrus, a special kind of paper, made of plants. Think of its significance for the development of culture and civilization.

3) Ancient Egyptians had a complex system of religion, which was polytheistic in principle. Among other peculiarities it announced, that the Pharaoh is the son of God. Name other religions that authorize the ruler with divine nature.

 

Task V.