3) Summarize the ways the desert can help preserve a body.


4) As our technology improves, scientists have better tools to work with and conduct experiments. Does this mean previous scientific work is wrong or useless? Explain.



5) By using X-rays, they were able to determine that the mummy did have internal organs.

True
False


6)
Ancient Egyptians mummified animals.

True
False

7) The body of the 18-year-old "King Tut" had been placed in a old wooden coffin.
True
False

8)
The Egyptians first calendar was based on revolutions of the moon around the earth.

True
False


11) Name at least three contributions that Egyptians made to aid in society today.


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3. Historically, bodies have been preserved naturally through freezing, cold or dry heat or, in the right climate, through burial in a particular type of soil.
4. They were not wrong but they are being improved by humans today.
5.true
6. False
7. True
8. True
11. The Egyptians invented and used many simple machines, such as the ramp and the lever, to aid construction processes. They used rope trusses to stiffen the beam of ships. Egyptian paper, made from papyrus, and pottery were mass-produced and exported throughout the Mediterranean basin.