Hindu God: Ganesh or Ganesa

Ganesh or Ganesa, is one of the most well known and worshipped god within the Hindu Pantheon. Ganesh is hte son of Shiva and Parati, he has an elephantine appearance with a curved trunk, large ears, and the massive pot-bellied body of a human.
Ganesh is known as the Lord of Success and destroyer of evil and obstacles, aswell as being worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom, and wealth. Along with all is purposes of worship Ganesha is one of the five prime Hindu Deities (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and Durgoa are the other four Hindu Deities.) Hindu Deities are beleived to be forms of the god Brahman and provide one of the ways to communicate with this one divinity.

"Faceless" Indus Valley National Geographic Article Summery

In 1921 a new civilization was discovered in what would become modern day Pakistan, the discovery revealed the Indus Valley civilization and the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. This culture/civilization emerged around 4,500 tears ago and remained thriving with trade and their highly fertile land from the Indus River floodplane for nearly 1000 years.

The inhabitents of this great Indus civilization were (as archaeologists have discovered) skilled urban planners with an understanding of how to control water using irrigation systems. However to the modern-day people those who occupied the ancient city in the 3rd millinnium still remain a mysterious puzzle.

The entire city is shrouded in mystery. It lacks palaces, temples, and monuments, there is no obvious central seat of government or showings of kings and queens. The city does however show signs that cleanliness and modesty we ranked hightly in this mysterious civilization. The city also appeared to be high in wealth and stature due to artifact that have been discovered such ivory, lapis, carnelian, and gold beads, also don't forget the baked-brick structures around the city.

Some examples of the ancient cities great irrigation systems include a watertight pool callecd the Great Bath. The Great Bath was perched ontop of a mound of dirt held inplace by some of the baked brick walls, it is the clostest structure that Mohenjo Daro has to a temple. Archaeologists also found that there were wells located in many places around the city as well as bathing areas and drainage systems in almost all houses in the area.

From about 2,500 to 1,900 the city was among some of the most important to the Indus civilization. However seeing as it had no government it was probably governed as a city-state. Maybe elected officials were chosen from each of the mounds.

Ancient Egypt: Unit Reflection

Learner Profile Reflection:

During this unit we started with drawing maps of the Nile River and other famous geological sites surrounding it, then we moved on to study the art of ancient Egypt as well as the rulers, and then lastly we finished off with our teaching projects. During the entire unit we continuously were learning a wide range of information therefore we were being both thinkers and inquires. Thinkers because there was several activities that we needed to complete and in order to do the activities and projects we needed knowledge of ancient Egypt, making us knowledgeable when completing the activities.

Approaches to Learning:
During this unit i think that the main ATL's that i think we used were organizational, collaborative, and communication. I think that We needed to be organized because we had one large standup presention along with several other projects therefore we needed to be organizedw with our work in order to fufill due dates and expectations. Which brings us to communicationbecause for our teaching project we needed strong communication skill so that we could present well. And then lastly our colloborative work was needed during the mapping projects, while working will other people on a map.

Egyptian Art Project

Whats happening in my picture is that the Egyptian god Anubis is weighing the heart of a pharaoh. And scattered throughout the background of by picture is this story (written in hieroglyphics. I think that the reason that i find my Egyptian art to be signifigant is that im am portraying a very important element of the afterlife for the egyptians and also a very common and popular scene which describes the job of one of many Egyptian gods.

Uniting people (geographical contributions)

In many regions of the world there are difficulties in certain regions or living environments, this leads to some cultures/people that are all living in a certain neading to combine to help each other. Such as, along the Nile due to some of the hardships for the farmers they came together and developed innovations in order to bring water to the fields, and also take water away when it over flooded. Also lots of great inventions have been invented due to the geographical layout of the land. For example, the ancient Egyptians developed a calendar (just like ours is today) based on the sun. They divided their calendar based on their three seasons (Inundation, emergence, and harvest.) In Egypt some of the small farming villages also expanded and became the capitals of city-states (nomes.) And eventually the nomes came together and became two kingdoms, lower and upper Egypt.

Along the River Nile

I see the sun setting in the west, alighting the calm blue waters for one last moment before night. I feel the sun resting and warming on my face, and reminding me the ach in my bones from the long hours I’ve spent with the sun protruding in the sky. I look along the vast blue waters, miles and miles long. Looking at this long everlasting river. We’re traveling from Memphis down to Dendera, we are traveling up stream so it will take a long time, but we shouldn’t have trouble. So I just rest and gaze into the ever--changing river banks, I see unstinted amount of crops, but like I said the scene changes living me staring in awe for hours on end at the abundance of our great river, never ending.

Mummification: Homework

What are five questions that you would ask about a place to determine whether or not it is a promising location to find human mummies.
I would probably ask myself the following questions:

1. Is the climate a common one for finding a preserved mummy?
2. Is there a possible way of preserving mummies in this way naturally (bog, sand, etc...?)
3. Did the culture of this region have anything to do this mummification
4. Did the ancient people who lived here believe in preserving their dead?
5. Did their religion have something to do with mummification?