SkillBuilder discussion Using historical sources 1. Look carefully at SOURCE4 . Explain what this source shows. 2. What do you notice about the ýgures that might tell you about the situation in Egypt at the time?
SOURCE4 Relief from Unas’s causeway at Saqqara
SOURCE5 Extract from The Admonitions of Ipuwer (dated to late Middle Kingdom era)
Everywhere barley has perished and men are stripped of clothes, spice, and oil. Everyone says: ‘There is none.’ The storehouse is empty and its keeper is stretched on the ground.
3.6 SkillBuilder activity USING HISTORICAL SOURCES 1. Carry out your own research using multiple credible sources to ýnd out more about how the pyramids were constructed.
2. Create a table to record your ýndings, including the list of theories. 3. Rate each theory with a ýve-star system based on believability. 4. Explain which theory you ýnd most and least believable.
Theory
Evidence? Believability rating
a. Aliens built the pyramids. b. Slaves built the pyramids.
c. Knowledge came from a lost advanced civilisation. d. Egyptian workers used canals, ropes and tracks to move stones. e. Ramps lifted the blocks. f. Herodotus said 100 000 workers built the pyramid. g. Stones were dragged on wet sand to move easily. h. Stones were rolled to the site. i. Blocks were made from limestone concrete and poured into moulds.
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