I am a viking... my DNA says so.....

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Viking/article-2615568-detail/article.html

This is part of ongoing DNA studies in small towns in England.

Hatshepsut's mummy

Hapshepsut and Thutmosis: A Royal Feud?

Hey guys,

Since we were all contemplating the situations between Hapshepsut and Thutmosis last period (and Ms. O'Neill decided to give me homework), I have located an article on the BBC website written by esteemed egyptologyst Joyce Tyldesley, a professor at Manchester University and Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology at Liverpool University. The article details her veiws on the Hapshepsut and Thutmosis and whether he was responsible for the aradication of her name from the world of the living.

Enjoy!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/hatshepsut_01.shtml

Egypt

So I was on the New York Times website and found this article on the discovery of a Egyptian settlement revealing "extensive remains of a settlement - apparently an administrative, economic and military center — that flourished more than 3,500 years ago in the western desert 110 miles west of Luxor and 300 miles south of Cairo. No such urban center so early in history had ever been found in the forbidding desert."

Have a read of the article and look at the pictures

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/science/07archeo.html?_r=1&hp

assignment work

Ladies

Please begin (if you haven't already) to organise your reflections. To start with, you need to read through all the information you have recorded and make note of any examples of corroboration between sources. You needs to ensure you have credentialed the authors of the sources you have used. This all goes in your reflections column. It is critical that you read through the requirements of the research criteria (and read the criteria explained document that I sent you last week!) so you understand what is required of you in the criterion on research. Today would be a good day to do this so you have a good idea of where you are up to in your research.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/young_explorers/play/time_explorer.aspx

This is an awesome exploring game :) You have to go back in time and save the priceless artifacts and answer questions on the ancient cities, beliefs etc

enjoy :)

Epic of Gigamesh

This is an animated version of the Epic, as well as the text version. Well worth a look. What similarities and differences exit between the Old Testament and the Epic?

http://gilgamesh.psnc.pl/