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Graffiti from centuries and even millennia ago can reveal the grievances, passions, games, and ordinary business dealings of regular people from the long-lost past. Pompeii might be the most famous spot to find such scrawls, but it’s not the only place where bygone messages have been found. Here are seven examples of graffiti from the ancient world.
1. “I VISITED AND I DID NOT LIKE ANYTHING EXCEPT THE SARCOPHAGUS!”
A Chinese teen visiting Egypt prompted outrage when he wrote his name on the wall of the 3500-year-old Luxor Temple in 2013. But he was hardly the first traveler to commit such an offense—there’s a long tradition of leaving “I was here” graffiti while visiting Egyptian ruins. One team of researchers recently counted over 1000 inscriptions inside the tomb of pharaoh Ramesses VI in the Valley of the Kings—many of which were from Romans who visited the site 2000 years ago. Their ancient declarations include familiar complaints of disappointed tourists: “I visited and I did not like anything except the sarcophagus!” and "I cannot read the hieroglyphs!"
. A MENAGERIE OF WILD ANIMALS
A winged lion graffito at the Great Enclosure of Musawwarat es-Sufra
MUSAWWARAT GRAFFITI ARCHIVE // CC BY-SA 4.0
Crocodiles, elephants, rhinoceroses, baboons, and dogs are among the wild animals inscribed on the blocks of a labyrinth-like complex known as the Great Enclosure of Musawwarat es-Sufra. This monument, in modern-day Sudan, was part of the Kingdom of Kush when the drawings were made more than 2000 years ago. Some of the animals also include religious iconography, such as a lion with wings and crown said to represent the deity Apedemak. Archaeologists don't know the function of many of the rooms in the complex, but some have used the graffiti to support their theories about the purposes of different sections. They've proposed interpretations ranging from animal trading stations and elephant training grounds to a holding pen for prey that could be “hunted” by royals who needed to prove their abilities.
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Срешением v. choose the correct form 1. what … nice day! what… fine weather! what… white snow! what… bright colours! a) a b) an c) the d) - 2. we spoke to some… at the conference. a) frenchmen and germen b) frenchmans and germans c) frenchmen and germans 3. let him… to the party tonight. a) go b) to go c) going d) gone 4. the dutch live in… a) denmark b) holland c) copenhagen d) berlin 5. … son is a student now. they are proud of him. a) the stewarts’ b) the stewart’s c) the stewarts d) the stewarts’s 6. … black cat, but… tail is white. a) it’s b) its c) their d) it 7. he is… man, rather shy and a good listener. a) quite b) a quiet c) quit d) quiet 8. our country house is… walk from the station. a) ten-minutes b) in ten minutes c) ten-minute’s d) ten minutes’ 9. all his money… in the bank. a) is b) are c )are being d) is being 10. the police… already here. a) is b) are c) is being d) are being 11. i know the… of these… a) chiefs b) chieves c) chiefs d) cheefs a) companis b) companys c) companies d) companyes 12. let me introduce a friend of… to you. a) my b) mine c) my one d) me 13. we haven’t got… newspapers here. a) some b) none c) no d) any 14. we promised to do it… a) myself b) ourself c) themselves d) ourselves b) 15. how many kittens have you got? -… a) no b) none c) nothing d) no one 16. there are no…students in… room 306. a) a b) an c) the d) – 17. my dog is more intelligent than… a) her b) hers c) her one d) hers one 18. he is… on the sofa and watching tv. a) lieing b)laying c) laing d) lying 19. a) he comes often to this park. b) he comes to this park often. c) he often comes to this park. d) often he comes to this park. 20. the… is between europe and africa. a) mediterranean b) black sea c) english channel d) sahara desert
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