Сопоставьте тексты A-G с заголовками 1-8. Запишите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний. 1. Tips for tourists 2. A town of pyramids 3. A subject of debate 4. A traveller's dream 5. Magic and spells 6. A mysterious purpose 7. Who built the pyramids? 8. The construction puzzle solved? A. The Pyramids of Giza are the only standing monuments of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. So it is not surprising that they are a must-see for many tourists nowadays. These massive structures give modern-day visitors an idea of a powerful dynasty whose building techniques continue to puzzle scientists and historians to this day. Hundreds of visitors come to Egypt for the chance to admire the ancient architecture built to stand for centuries. The Giza Pyramids are well worth a visit. B. Constructed in the 26th and 25th centuries B.C., the Egyptian pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, built in that order, show wonders of ancient planning and engineering. The precise time period when they were built is not clear, as those dates depend on when exactly the pharaohs who built them reigned. The problem is that different sources and scholars have different guesses when each pharaoh reigned. How these wonderful pyramids were built is also a source of disagreement. C. The Pyramids of Giza are places of burial or great tombs built for three of Egypt's pharaohs. The ancient Egyptians believed that when pharaohs died, they would move on to the afterlife as gods. These pharaohs prepared for the afterlife by ordering the building of enormous pyramid tombs for themselves, where they could store all the items they would need in the next world. The pyramid complexes, and the things once located inside them, helped the king to go up to the afterlife. D. The engineering behind the Pyramids of Giza is so impressive that scientists are still uncertain how they were built. However, over the past several decades, archaeologists have made numerous discoveries that have helped them to understand the construction of the Pyramids. It was found out that Egyptians used a variety of tools and materials to construct the Pyramids. To move big stones over land and onto the pyramids themselves, workers dragged sledges across wet sand and pulled stones up using a series of ramps. E. The majority of researchers agree that it took between 10,000 and 20,000 workers over twenty or so years to construct the three pyramids in Giza. The old history books claim that the Pyramids of Giza were built by slaves. But later discoveries concluded that the majority, if not all, of workers were native Egyptian farmers. They worked during a time when the Nile River flooded nearby land. These workers lived in a temporary town that was specially built near one of the pyramids. F. The popular tourists' question is how many pyramids there are in the Giza Complex. In fact, the Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure are not the only pyramids in Giza. Three smaller pyramids can be found along the east side of the Pyramid of Khufu. These Queens Pyramids were built for Khufu's wives and his mom. Additional smaller temples and pyramids can be found near both the Khafre and Menkaure pyramids as well. Together with the Sphinx, they all make up the Giza Pyramid Complex.