Question 70

In a lesson on Egyptian monuments, a student says that one pharaoh built the whole Karnak complex in a single campaign. What is the best correction?

It was a temporary workers' camp that never contained temples
Many rulers enlarged it across a long span of timeCorrect answer
It was completed before dynastic Egypt began
One New Kingdom ruler created every surviving structure

Explanation

Karnak grew through additions and alterations sponsored by numerous rulers over many centuries. A single-campaign account fails because the complex contains work from different reigns and periods rather than one unified building episode.

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