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title: Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 6 «Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs

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The 15 questions of lesson 6 «Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t1/) — a youtube video says aliens built the pyramids bc humans couldn't. what's the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t2/) — In The Mummy film mummies chase people. What are real mummies? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t3/) — Uncle says Napoleon's soldiers shot the Sphinx's nose off. Right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t4/) — Why would a pharaoh want his tomb hidden instead of a huge pyramid? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t5/) — If the Rosetta Stone had only hieroglyphs on it, what would be different? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t6/) — A sign is shaped like a bird but stands for a sound. Is that possible in hieroglyphs? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t7/) — Your heart, in Egyptian belief, is lighter than the feather. What happens? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t8/) — Why did the Great Pyramid hold the record for tallest building for so long? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t9/) — Where does our word paper come from? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t10/) — The workers lived in a town near the pyramids, with bakeries. What does this suggest? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/t11/) — Some Egyptian cures worked and some were spells. Which one probably worked? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the labour force employed in the construction of the pyramids of Giza? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/e2/) — Identify the artefact, discovered in 1799, whereby the decipherment of hieroglyphs was rendered possible. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/e3/) — Ascertain the principal reason for which later pharaohs were interred in concealed tombs within the Valley of the Kings. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/6-ancient-egypt-pyramids-mummies-and-hieroglyphs/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the purpose of mummification. — wrong ✗ · exam

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