True or false. if false, what is the true statement?
1. To ancient egyptians, the most important feature of the river was the many fish that lived in it.
2. Ancient Egyptian civilization was marked by constant change and upheaval over the centuries.
3. Osiris took on an important role for the egyptians as a symbol of resurrection.
4. In obeying their pharaoh, subjects felt humiliated and powerless to determine the course of their own lives.
5. Pyramids were built as part of a larger complex of buildings dedicated to the dead- in effect, a city of dead.
6. The greek historian Herodotus reported the story that it took 100,000 egyptians 20 years to build the great pyramid
7. The draining of the swampland in nile delta provided room for many more pyramids to be built.
8. Cleopatra was the first egyptian women to become pharaoh.
9. The earliest egyptian writing was later called hieroglyphics, meaning "priest-carvings'" or scared writings."
Six answers are false.
I'll be glad to check your answers and your corrections.
1,4,7,8 false and 3,5,6,9 true i'm not sure about 2 but i'm positive about the other ones
Yes, 1, 3, 7, and 8 are false.
2. Ancient Egypt was relatively stable for over 3,000 years.
5. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/home.html