Part A Which inference can be made about the construction of the pyramids?

Materials used to construct the pyramids were found near the construction sites.

Maintaining a strong workforce was as big of an undertaking as the actual construction.

The location where the pyramids were constructed was significant to the people who built them.

Understanding how the pyramids were constructed helps historians understand why they were built.
Question 2
Part B

Which evidence from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

"It wasn’t until much later that the kind of smooth-faced pyramids we’re used to seeing were constructed.

"Tens of thousands of workers required enormous resources, such as a place to live during the construction.

"A team from the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology discovered a unique ramp system for removing stone blocks from an alabaster quarry in the Eastern Desert."

"The actual construction of the pyramids has baffled historians for years.