... original source 135 miles away. 3. Linear A - Linear A is a script used by the Minoans, the ancestors of the ancient Greeks who ruled over part of the Mediterranean and are responsible for many of the myths that the western world clings to. Stories such as Atlantis, and Ovid's Daedalus and Icarus were spawned from these people. The language was used between 1800-1400 B.C. and boasts about 7,000 characters. Suggested ... , it was apparently used for both religious and administrative functions. 4. Hyksos - The Hyksos were a Semitic-speaking people who infiltrated Egypt in the seventeenth ce...

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... had an amazing understanding of math, which helped them plan the erection of the pyramid, but the only driving force behind them was manpower. The actual people who built the pyramids were all voluntary workers; they were not slaves contrary to popular belief. New archaeological evidence shows that those who dragged and laid these two and a half ton granite slabs were condemned to an early grave ... , and they died with deformed bones and broken limbs. An Egyptian excavation recently uncovered the burial ground of hundreds of workers who helped to build the great pyramid for King Cheops ...

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... had an amazing understanding of math, which helped them plan the erection of the pyramid, but the only driving force behind them was manpower. The actual people who built the pyramids were all voluntary workers; they were not slaves contrary to popular belief. New archaeological evidence shows that those who dragged and laid these two and a half ton granite slabs were condemned to an early grave ... , and they died with deformed bones and broken limbs. An Egyptian excavation recently uncovered the burial ground of hundreds of workers who helped to build the great pyramid for King Cheops ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate