Unlike Metal Objects Excavated in the Middle East, Those Found

question 56

Multiple Choice

Unlike metal objects excavated in the Middle East, those found in the Indus Valley were

• A) mostly jewelry.
• B) prestige objects for the elite.
• C) vessels used to furnish tombs.
• D) tools and other useful objects.
• E) nonexistent, since the Indus Valley civilizations did not have metal-working technology.

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