Question

Look at the enormous limestone statue below. Known as the Great Sphinx of Giza, it was created in about 2500 BCE in Egypt. What about this artifact could tell us that the people living at that time possessed stone-carving skills?



 A.The fact that the statue has clearly been damaged B.The fact that the statue is of an animal figure C.The fact that the statue is made from limestone D.The fact that the statue was found in Egypt

Answer 1

The answer is C. The fact that the statue is made of limestone.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) the fact that the statue is made of limestone.

The Sphinx could tell us that the people living at that time possessed stone-carving skills such as the fact that the statue is made of limestone.

The Sphinx reflects some aspect of the past in Egypt that tells us that people living at that time had stone-carving skills.

The Great Sphinx of Giza was created about 2,500 BCE by the Egyptians of that time. It is located at the main entrance of the impressive archaeological site of Giza, in Cairo, Egypt. It is an enormous limestone statue in the form of a lion, in front of the three Pyramids: The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Khafra, and Menkaure. Because of these impressive creations, we can say that Egyptians were very skilled in Stone-carving arts.