Ancient Civilizations

Medieval Krakow

Can you answer this question?

Why did the Egyptians believe in many gods and an afterlife?

Vetting thru my bookmarks - this was a plant I studied and also grow here in the states. Thought it would fit in your group ;)

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Map of Ancient Egypt

Recently, there have been many interesting archaeological finds around the world, suggesting a much longer human history than was previously thought possible. Archaeologists in Indonesia unearthed the remains and tools of hominids that are being referred to in the media as "hobbits." This reference is due, in part, to the fact that, among their tiny remains, diggers discovered even tinier arrowheads, not much larger than a fingertip.\n\nInitially, these "hobbits" were thought to have lived 750,000 years ago, but almost immediately, their age was amended to 1.2 million years ago.\n\nNow, as reported in this article from Planetgreen.com, a 9 year-old youngster nearly stubbed his toe on the skull of a human ancestor that lived 2 million years ago! This new find puts humankind squarely in the Pleistocene era, a period marked by repeated glaciation followed by rapid warming of the Earth's surface.\n\nI pose the following hypothesis. I believe that there are things which humankind may have experienced long ago, things which were tumultuous and traumatic. Because of the upheaval caused by these events, they were passed along at an almost biologic level of understanding. For example, rapid thawing of massive amounts of ice would almost certainly have led to huge floods in at least some parts of the world. To these 2 million year-old ancestors of ours, or those yet to be discovered, these huge floods would have been terrifying to behold.\n\nCould this be why several seemingly disparate cultures maintain, in either their theology or history, that the world or some long-lost mythical place in the world was lost in some great deluge of water? I welcome your thoughts on this most fascinating topic.\n\n\n

"The Gauls Sack Rome"

Students can create a virtual museum box in which to collect items such as text, photos, video, and uploaded items needed to make an argument, describe a person or historical/geographical site etc. Students can also view other museum boxes and comment. For classroom use ideas, see Kelly Tenkley's Jan 06, 2009 post at iLearn Technology. This website was inspired by Thomas Clarkson who carried around a real museum box of artifacts to make a case for the abolition of slavery. Each compartment is actually a cube that expands into 6 more "sides" for storing information. Very cool.

This would be such a great activity to add to an Ancient Egypt study!

Medicine, Astronomy, Math, Architecture and Engineering, Art: some of the many contributions made by the ancient Egyptians

Look at this site to answer your essential question: What were some of the major contributions to other cultures by the Ancient Egyptians?

"Invasion by the Gauls"

Watch out...as a barbarian fighting against the Romans you are about to be captured, sold as a slave and trained to become a ROMAN GLADIATOR!

Unit 3: Ancient Rome

Fly above the pyramids for a closer view!

Think Quest Flash interactive site about the Renaissance

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Without the Nile, Egypt may never have become one of the most extraordinary civilisations in history. John Baines assesses the great river as a physical, political and spiritual presence in Ancient Egyptian culture.

Unit 3 Ancient Rome

Unit 3: Ancient Rome

Who were the Romans? This site tells about the Roman expansion into Britain

Egyptian Scroll Paintings--thanks Gun Hui!

Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Scroll Paintings Introduction This lesson introduces students to the writing, art, and religious beliefs of ancient Egypt through hieroglyphs, one of the oldest writing systems in the world, and through tomb paintings. Hieroglyphs consist of pictures of familiar objects that represent sounds. They were used in ancient Egypt from about 3100 BC to 400 CE.