Which of any of these is most interesting to you and why?
What is amazing about it? Leave a comment below. Please spell correctly and write out thoughtful comments.
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Click this link. Read about the New Seven Wonders of the World. These were chosen in 2007 by global voting. Also, read about the finalists. These were nominated but didn't win. They also are amazing. Which of any of these is most interesting to you and why? What is amazing about it? Leave a comment below. Please spell correctly and write out thoughtful comments.
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Go to this link from National Geographic. Which is your favorite photo and why?
Odyssey Webquest link
Go to the above link. Follow all instructions and bring the papers with you upon your return after Thanksgiving. Here is some background reading on the Odyssey as well: Odyssey Background Reading |
Is this Alexander's tomb?!It now appears likely that Ptolemy adapted a vacant tomb that had been prepared by and for the last native Pharaoh of Egypt, Nectanebo II. However, this Pharaoh had fled south to Ethiopia, when Egypt had been invaded by the Persians in 343BC, so he never had the opportunity to occupy his tomb. The site of the prospective tomb was a chapel within the temple complex of the Serapeum in the cemetery area of ancient Memphis at Saqqara. It lay at the end of a mile-long avenue of sphinxes. The Serapeum complex was rediscovered by Auguste Mariette in 1850-1851 by excavating the sands away from the sphinxes one by one. Guarding the entrance to the chapel of Nectanebo II, Mariette discovered an incongruous semicircle of life-size Greek statues of poets and philosophers, which appear to date to the time of Ptolemy. Some of them can be identified, including Pindar, whose house and descendants Alexander had saved at Thebes, Homer, who was Alexander's favourite poet, and Plato, who had been the mentor of Alexander's tutor, Aristotle. Could these statues have been erected to honour Alexander's tomb?
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