Question

1. list two of your tools. sledge mud saw
2. the —— in the sand does the cutting.

skilled stuff - masons at work

1. what is the last block called? pointed capstone
2. what is the trickiest job? it’s about your toes and rooms

scribes, scribes, scribes

1. what is a professional record keeper called? scribe
2. who do the department heads report to? vizier

carvers and painters

1. what leads from the temple to the river? causeway
2. what does a trainee do?

home comforts

1. the town is protected by a wall with a gate and a ——?
2. what is paying in goods called?
3. who do you train?

staying on the right side of the gods

1. can you go to the temple?
2. name one thing that happens if the gods are angry.
3. what do you draw on your prayer?

on-color days
carvers and painters
would you like a job inside? it might be claustrophobic and spooky working by lamplight deep inside a mountain of stone. to qualify you have to be highly skilled. the workers who decorate the pharaoh’s burial chamber and funerary temple have had lengthy training. you need a sure hand to enlarge a complicated design to fill a large area of wall. you then carve away the background so that the figures are slightly raised. finally, they are painted in their traditional colors. it is very important to know the exact stance and gestures the figures should portray and what symbols and written spells should accompany them. there are long-established rules about this. if you get any of them wrong the decorations will lose their magic power of ensuring the pharaoh’s safe journey to the gods.
typical pyramid layout
the pyramid, with its sun temple against one side, stands in a walled enclosure. a causeway leads from the enclosure to the river temple to the

Explanation:

Answer:

1. Sledge mud, saw
2. The cutting
3. Pointed capstone
4. About your toes and rooms
5. Scribe
6. Vizier
7. Causeway
8. Trainee
9. Wall with a gate and a tower
10. Paying in goods
11. Army
12. Temple
13. Bad things happen (e.g., gods' anger affects life)
14. Sad or bad things (implied by "Off - Color days" context)