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- Remains of ancient abandoned village, Nepal
- A few ruins and marks of an ancient village en route from Kaagbeni to Muktinath, in the Mustang district of Nepal.
- Format: image/photograph
- Careers in medicine and the ancient Greeks
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.4
- In this lesson for grade six, students will learn about ancient Greek medicine and the Hippocratic Oath, and will research contemporary medical careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)
- By Mandy Matlock.
- Those feuding Greeks!
- This lesson is designed to familiarize students with the philosophical, political, economic, military and social differences between Athens and Sparta.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Social Studies)
- By Pernell Collett.
- China's ancient engineers
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 4.6
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will learn about some of the inventions of ancient China, and will discuss the kinds of engineering skills required to produce them.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
- By Meredith Ebert.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Trawick Ward explains ancient pits
- Video of archaeologist Trawick Ward at Occaneechi Town explaining why ancient pits were dug and refilled.
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- Medicine in ancient Greece - Overview
- This lesson provides a brief look at the origins of Greek medicine and a comparison with modern medicine. Also included is an edited text of the Hippocratic Oath.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)
- By Bruce Schulman.
- Mummy madness
- This is a lesson for seventh grade Social Studies students to learn and demonstrate the mummification process used in ancient Egypt.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- By Jo Oliver.
- Dried mud formations at Death Valley National Park, CA
- Dried mud formations in the dunes at Death Valley National Park, California. These patterns were formed when an ancient lake bed dried up and cracked. Animals will sometimes bury under the edge of the mud to create a cool burrow with a roof beneath the hot...
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- Site robbers
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.6
- Students will use an interview with a Native American to write a newspaper article or letter that expresses concern about robbing archaeological sites.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Landscape seen from Kagbeni toward Tibetan plateau
- A view of the landscape surrounding Kali Gandaki River from the village of Kagbeni, in the Mustang district of Nepal. Kagbeni is near the border of Tibet, an area once part of an ancient salt trade route.
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- North Carolina's first peoples: Introduction
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.1
- An introduction to four essays that present tidbits of North Carolina's Native American history from the time ancient people migrated across the now submerged land bridge connecting Siberia to Alaska during the last Ice Age until European contact.
- Several people stand along the steps to the central tower at Angkor Wat
- Several people stand at different heights along the stone stairs to the central tower at Angkor Wat. One young man wearing shorts descends the steep steps in the middle. Four others stand at the railings to keep their balance at this high elevation.
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- An ancient Hindu kingdom
- In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 1
- This damaged brick and stone Cham tower stands overgrown by vegetation in a rural area south of Hai An, Vietnam. Tall arched forms are characteristic of these monuments built by ethnic Chams between the seventh and twelfth century
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Pictish Man Holding a Human Head
- Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving of a Pict (a member of an ancient Celtic people from Scotland). De Bry's engraving, "The true picture of one Pict," was originally published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and...
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- The True Picture of a Woman Neighbor to the Picts
- "The Trvve Picture of a VVomen Nigbour to the Pictes." Theodor de Bry's engraving of a member of a people neighboring the Picts in ancient Scotland. The illustration was published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found...
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- Pictish Woman
- Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving of a Pict woman (a member of an ancient Celtic people from Scotland). De Bry's engraving, "The True Picture of a Women Picte," was originally published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A...
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- The True Picture of a Young Daughter of the Picts
- "The Trvve Picture of a Yonge Dowgter of the Pictes." Theodor de Bry's engraving of a young Pict woman (a member of an ancient Celtic people from Scotland), published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia....
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- Tibetan weavers in Pokhara, Nepal
- In Pokhara, Nepal, women weaving Tibetan carpets pause to look at the camera. Weaving is an ancient Tibetan craft, but many of the weavers employed today work long hours in unhealthy conditions for very low wages.
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- A royal bath
- In The Ramayana, page 1.7
- Sita is shown taking a royal bath before her wedding to Rama in a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Sita bathes sitting on the edge of an elegant platform shelter extending into a large tiled pool. Two women servants pour water from a gold basin over Sita...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- A porter with pack
- Houses along the route at Nepal Danda belong to Newar traders. The houses are made of bricks and have painted walls, doors, and windows. These houses also function as shops. This trail used to be part of the ancient salt trade. Although the salt trade along...
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