B1 PLUS ~ UNIT 6: LIVING HISTORY

___ investigate areas of historic interest to find clues about the past.

• Exhibits

• Archaeologists

The ice in Siberia ___ the animal that is on display in the museum.

• preserved

• destroyed

They found some ___ which proved that the Romans once lived there.

• origins

• evidence

Ancient stone tools have recently been ___ at a site in India.

• discovered

• invaded

The Ancient Egyptians are famous for building ___ .

• castles

• pyramids

We spent the morning walking round the ___ of the ancient temples at Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

• battles

• ruins

The archaeologist (dig) ___ for hours before he found some pieces of Roman pottery.

• had dug

• had been digging

I (hear) ___ that the ruins at Jerash were really interesting, so I decided to go there.

• had heard

• had been hearing

Howard Carter (search) ___ for Tutankhamun's tomb for years when he found it in 1922.

• had searched

• had been searching

I (look) ___ at the display for ages before I realised the time.

• had looked

• had been looking