Question: How were the pyramids built? Although it is clear that the Egyptian pyramids
were manmade, not everyone agrees (anyone seen Ancient Aliens?). How would you
convince a skeptic otherwise, with an evidence-based approach? Don’t focus only on how
the stone blocks were lifted into place – build a broader argument based on how the
Egyptians utilised natural resources, manpower and engineering knowledge. Include one or
two sentences stating why you think it is important to counteract ‘pseudoscience’.
Instructions: Prepare an essay of 1,750 words (+/- 10%) on one of the topics provided in the document below. Ensure that you reference your work correctly (essays that do not include correct in-text citations and a reference list of all works cited will not be eligible to pass).
Generative AI tools cannot be used in this assessment task
In this assessment, you must not use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to generate any materials or content in relation to the assessment task.
Citations: To cite modern scholarly source materials, follow the Chicago manual of style 17th edition using the
Author-Date system as outlined. For Archaeology and Ancient History essays you should always provide page numbers for your in-
text citations even if you are paraphrasing the original work. In rare cases, the page number can be
omitted if you are truly discussing the entire work (e.g., “In her seminal article, Winter (1987)
changed the way scholars thought about Assyria”). Otherwise follow this format:
Prentice (2010, 10) analyses the ambivalence of indigenous peoples in capitalist nation
states.
The political dimensions of cultural exchange are enacted in fiction by Aboriginal and Maori
writers (Prentice 2010, 13-15).
Prentice (2010, 40) asserts a need ‘to examine the complicity between representation and
commodification’.
We require you to provide a link to your sources in your bibliography. This is to achieve one of
the important goals of accurate referencing: to allow your reader to check your sources. The vast
majority of sources that you will access for your assignments will be available to you online, via
online journals, scholarly databases (JSTOR, ProQuest) or as eBooks in the Library
collections. To tell your reader where to find your source, you can place a link at the end of your
bibliographic reference, following the examples provided for you below.
