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Mark the statements T (True) or F (False)

1. Great Pyramid of Giza is known to the ancients as Khuit, meaning “horizon”.

2. The tomb of Pharaoh Cheops is the largest of all the Egyptian pyramids, located in Cairo.

3. A remarkable engineering consists of over fourteen million tons of limestone.

4. The task was impossible because the limestone used in the building had to be brought from a great distance away.

5. The pyramid is a secret record of the world's history.

6. The history of Pyramids began in 1866.

7. By multiplying the height of the Pyramid by 1 000 000 000 a figure is obtained that is close to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun.

8. The Sun is quite close 90,7 per cent of the actual distance .

9. Martin Gardner has shown that relationships between obviously unconnected events and structures can always be found.

10. The evidence of the Great Pyramid's divine origin appeared to be the result of over-enthusiastic reports of amateurs.

Circle the correct item

1. Great Pyramid of Giza is known to the ancients as Kheid meaning …

a) horizon

b) road

c) rainbow

2. Great Pyramid of Giza is located in Giza, …miles from Cairo

a) five

b) seven

c) ten

3. The methods of … the Pyramid are well known and understood.

a) constructing

b) building

c) combining

4. One reason given to prove that the task was … is that the limestone used in the building had to be brought from a great distance away.

a) difficult

b) unreasonable

c) impossible

5. What made the Great Pyramid seem much more of a riddle is that the mystics indicate certain aspects that they say make the Pyramid a secret record of the world's …

a) past life

b) history

c) past events

6. There was a cosmic message … in the measurements of the Pyramid.

a) hidden

b) concealed

c) taken off

7. Scientists say that by multiplying the height of the Pyramid by 1.000.000.000, a figure is obtained that is close to the mean distance between …

a) the Moon and the Sun

b) the Earth and the Moon

c) the Earth and the Sun

8. That figure is quite close , 98,5% of the …

a) exact distance

b) actual distance

c) real distance

9. The claims of astounding accuracy of alignment of the Great Pyramid as evidence of its divine origin appeared to be the result of over-enthusiastic reports by …

a) professionals

b) amateurs

c) scientists

10. There is the usual lack of …

a) precision

b) exactness

c) correctness

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