Post Quiz: The Right Tool for the Job - Answers

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Post Quiz: The Right Tool for the Job - Answers

All of these tools have been used. What do you think an archaeologist would make of your toolbox?

Here are the answers.

ToolsUses (In Order)
GuessOpening a statue's mouth
(and letting it breathe)
GuessApplying cosmetics
GuessBurnishing your papyrus
(making it shiny)
GuessLetting the king look at bugs
(it was a French thing)
GuessBattening the weft on the loom
(ask a weaver)
GuessSharpening Egyptian knives
GuessMaking bricks from mud and straw
(it's a mould)
GuessPruning the garden
GuessFending off invaders
(battleaxe)
GuessArranging hair and/or removing ear wax
(keep it in your sword scabbard)
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