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VOCABULARY 1

1 Listen and read. TR: 2.1

2 Listen and repeat. TR: 2.2 tattoos

Archaeologists have made some incredibly
important discoveries—in the desert, in
the mountains, and under the ground.
Discoveries tell us a lot about the past.

treasure

450 ce 650 ce
This female mummy was found In 2009, this treasure was found
in a tomb in Peru. She was in a field in England. Later,
www.english0905.com beautifully preserved, with archaeologists discovered over

tattoos of snakes and spiders on 3,500 objects there. Scientists
her body. No one knows the cause have analyzed what they
of her death or why men were found. They know when the
buried with her. gold was buried, but they don’t
know who buried it or why. Did
thieves hide it?
210 bce

Over 700,000 men built an enormous
tomb for Chinese ruler Qin Shihuang,
including this army of terra-cotta
statues. When the ruler died, the How many statues did More than 6,000.
statues were buried with him in a they find in China?

tomb. Archaeologists excavated the
tomb and found over 6,000 statues
of soldiers and horses. Each statue
is different! 3 Ask and answer.

a statue Work with a partner.
What did you learn?

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