A huge 9,000-year-old Neolithic settlement — the largest ever discovered in Israel, say archaeologists — is currently being excavated outside Jerusalem,
Derinkuyu Underground City - 38.375761°, 34.736080° Derinkuyu is a town and district of Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2010 census, population of the district is 22,114 of which 10,679 live in the town of Derinkuyu. The district covers an area of 445 km2 (172 sq mi), and the average elevation is 1,300 m (4,265 ft), with the highest point being Mt. Ertaş at 1,988 m (6,522 ft). Located in Cappadocia, Derinkuyu is notable for its large multi-level underground city (Derinkuyu Underground City), which is a major tourist attraction. The historical region of Cappadocia, where Derinkuyu is situated, contains several historical underground cities, carved out of a unique geological formation. They are not generally occupied. Over 200 underground cities at least two levels deep have been discovered in the area between Kayseri and Nevşehir, with around 40 of those having at least three levels. The troglodyte cities at Derinkuyu and Kaymaklıare two of the best examples of underground dwellings.[wikipedia] Kaymaklı Underground City - 38.459893°, 34.751402° Kaymaklı Underground City is contained within the citadel of Kaymaklı in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. First opened to tourists in 1964, the village is about 19 km from Nevşehir, on the Nevşehir-Niğde road. The ancient name was Enegup. The houses in the village are constructed around the nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city. The tunnels are still used today as storage areas, stables, and cellars. The underground city at Kaymaklı differs from Derinkuyu in terms of its structure and layout. The tunnels are lower, narrower, and more steeply inclined. Of the four floors open to tourists, each space is organized around ventilation shafts. This makes the design of each room or open space dependent on the availability of ventilation.[wikipedia] Özkonak Underground City - 38.807168°, 34.840998° Özkonak Underground City is an ancient city built on the northern slopes of Mt. Idis about 14 km northeast of Avanos in Turkey. The city has many strata made up of volcanic granite its larger areas are connected to each other by tunnels. Özkonak had a built in communication system of pipes to each of its levels, unlike Kaymaklı and Derinkuyu which have no such communication systems. Each carved out room had ventilation provided by holes when the city was closed against enemies.[wikipedia] See also, -Cappadocia (Fairy Chimney) -Cappadocia (Carvansaries)
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Sunburst and I are just now finishing up the study on Ancient Persia. I've notoriously fallen behind on my own schedule. C'est la vie. Le...
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Here's some puzzling fun for the kids from ancient China! Tangrams, "seven pieces of cleverness", are an ancient Chinese puzzle which is still mind-bending and intriguing today! We've developed some fun printable tangram puzzles which are perfect for kids - they help with logic and thinking skills, dexterity .. and they are just plain puzzling fun! Explore our tangram puzzle printables below... How to play Print out one of our Tangram templates - either in colour or black and white - onto cardstock. Cut out very carefully along the lines. Now use the seven pieces to make "pictures" - either inventing your own or using our printable Tangram puzzle pages as a challenge (you will find 10 puzzle pages below). Younger children can lay the Tangram pieces over the printed puzzle pages and move them around until they fit; older children can just use the printed page as guidance. Teachers - you can always print these patterns out in greyscale if you are using them in the classroom! Why not print out a set of the tangram puzzle pages, laminate them, and keep them as time-fillers for children who have finished their work early? Our tangram templates should fit exactly if younger children want to use the tangram puzzle pages below as a base to build their tangram pictures on.
Last week I had my first full week of work as a casual Steiner teacher and it was big for me! I wasn't looking for work, it just came my way, and I gingerly accepted the challenge, knowing in my heart I could do it, but unable to ignore the voice inside reminding me I hadn't been in a classroom for quite some time. So, I studied up recorder, times tables and decimal fractions, immersed myself in Ancient Persian mythology and dived on in! Here are some photos of the work we did! not my blackboard drawing, this one. I used Charles Kovaks' book, Ancient Mythologies as inspiration for the Persian mythology, telling stories about the creation of the earth by Ahura Mazdao, the domestication of animals and the first bonfire! We also explored the land of contrasts which is Persia (Iran) and drew a map. What fun. We tried a form drawing of a Persian star, with the help of a bowl and a ruler. It's always so wonderful seeing the differences coming out in the children's creative work. As soon as the week was over, I dived for the knitting needles, and quickly cast on a pixie hat for Mr P: Triskele Threads' new free Ravelry pattern Pixie Tadhg Reading: or should I say, re-reading, one of our all time favourites! "Dominic" by the most exquisite William Steig. Everyone needs to read this book!! I mean it! It is sublime story about a philosophical dog who sets out to discover the world. At once calming, and lyrical, whimsical and contemplative, healing and utterly charming, Dominic is a special read for all ages! I started to read it to my class last week, and it made lumps in my throat as always. Joining in Nicole for "Keep Calm Craft On" and Ginny's Yarn Along
Making a connection to the past through hands-on learning helps a child to remember what he has learned and develop critical thinking skills.
Hoy en día tenemos muchísimas herramientas y conocimientos para interpretar el 99,9% de la literatura existente. Existen muy pocos lenguajes o escritos que no hayamos podido interpretar. Tras el descubrimiento de la Piedra Rosseta por Bouchard en 1799 y su posterior descodificación 23 años después por Champollion, se pudo interpretar la escritura, hasta entonces ininteligible, de los jeroglíficos egipcios, quedando muy pocos frentes abiertos en la traducción de idiomas y escrituras antiguas. Pues bien, el Manuscrito Voynich es uno de los integrantes de este 0,1% que aún queda por descubrir. Se trata de un misterioso libro con ilustraciones, de unas 200 páginas y en las que se han arrancado o descosido 8, que trata principalmente sobre botánica, farmacología y astronomía. Lo curioso es que emplea un alfabeto totalmente desconocido y un idioma, denominado Voynichés, que trae de cabeza a los críptologos y aficionados. Manuscrito Voynich Detalle del Manuscrito Mucho se ha escrito sobre el tema y muy pocos han podido aportar algo coherente. Oficialmente, mediante pruebas de carbono 14, se le ha situado en el siglo XV. Parece ser que la paleta de colores utilizada para los dibujos coincide con la gama de colores existente en la época renacentista. Atribuido a autores como Roger Bacon, John Dee, Edward Kelley, Jacobus Sinapius o el mismísimo Wilfrid Voynich (1865-1930), que fue el anticuario de libros que lo dio a conocer. Actualmente se cree que es una obra falsa, es decir, que se creó con fines de burla o estafa. Sin embargo, cumple la Ley de Zipf, que viene a decir que las palabras contenidas en el libro y sus apariciones tienen una frecuencia coherente y por tanto se establece que puede ser un idioma real. También se sabe que la obra ha sido escrita sin interrupciones por palabra, es decir, se sabía lo que se estaba escribiendo y no se realizaron pausas para inventarse la siguiente. En fin, muchas incognitas nos deja el citado volumen. Si algún voluntario quiere ponerse manos a la obra y decide traducirlo, aqui tienes el enlace al Manuscrito Voynich en formato rar para su descarga. O si prefieres hojearlo puedes acceder a el desde el siguiente enlace: Manuscrito Voynich FIN
Ancient Civilizations. Lapbooks and minibooks for Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Ancient Babylon and Ancient Egypt.
Ebi-kun has had an interest in ancient Rome and gladiators recently so we decided to make some Roman coins. We used a basic salt dough and...
