As spoke about in the previous blog, minerals have been highly valued, traded, and used for personal adornment since the Upper Paleolithic period. These stones were utilized by many different ancient cultures, and for every civilization each mineral had a significant meaning behind them. Read on to learn more about some of the crystals and minerals meanings in ancient…
Archaeology is the study of human cultures from around the world throughout time. This is done by excavating artifacts to learn about the people who left them behind. Though being an archaeologist may not be as exciting as it was for say Indiana Jones, if you find the idea of unearthing an arrowhead that hasn’t been touched…
1. Greeks – The Crucible of Civilization This PBS production is a beautiful tribute of the glorious Ancient Greece. It tells the story of the Greek democracy from its first stirrings in 500 B.C. to the cataclysmic wars that virtually destroyed the empire. Much of the story relates how the Greeks indirectly invented politics, democracy, and philosophy…
Modern scholars have sought to assess women’s status, rights, duties, representation in the arts, and daily lives from a more objective standpoint than provided in the past. In earlier years, much of the scholars were male and were biased in a way that reflected their male-dominated world. The Ancient History Encyclopedia Online has given us some…
We can thank our ancient ancestors for many of the modern conveniences we enjoy today. But, there is more to these civilizations than their contributions to art and architecture… Ancient China 2100 – 221 BC Along with the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China – printing, paper-making, the compass and gunpowder – the Ancient Chinese have also been…