Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
FYI - NEWS: Stonehenge workers' village found!
This just came over the newswire, via Amanda! Thanks!! :-)
Stonehenge workers' village found - CNN.com
Stonehenge workers' village found - CNN.com
Monday, January 29, 2007
Extra-Credit Opportunity!
"Engineering an Empire: Greece
Monday, January 29th at 9PM/8c on the History Channel.
The names are all familiar: The Battle of Marathon, the Parthenon, thePeloponnesian War, Homer, Aspasia. But exactly what methods were used to create the structures and military techniques which helped raise ancient Greece to world prominence? Engineering an Empire: Greece explores the innovative technologies and architectural processes pioneered by the ancient Greeks. This one hour documentary examines the difficulties of constructing the famous "Lion's Gate" in theancient city of Mycenea, and the ingenuity architects employed to build the magical Parthenon in the center of culture-rich Athens. Students will explore the stories of Greek leaders such as Pericles, Themistocles, and Polycrates and Aspasia, the female consort of Pericles. Focusing on engineering concepts and methods, this documentary reveals the ways complex geometrical technique andtremendous capacity of human endurance were critical factors in theglory of ancient Greece. This program offers a fresh perspective on the rise of this profoundly influential world culture, showing new reasons why experimentation, scientific thinking, and design techniques have influenced and shaped monumental histories, and continue to be reflected in every day lives today."
There's also a website... Greece, Engineering an Empire.
Be sure to post an analytical comment here from your viewing of the documentary!
Monday, January 29th at 9PM/8c on the History Channel.
The names are all familiar: The Battle of Marathon, the Parthenon, thePeloponnesian War, Homer, Aspasia. But exactly what methods were used to create the structures and military techniques which helped raise ancient Greece to world prominence? Engineering an Empire: Greece explores the innovative technologies and architectural processes pioneered by the ancient Greeks. This one hour documentary examines the difficulties of constructing the famous "Lion's Gate" in theancient city of Mycenea, and the ingenuity architects employed to build the magical Parthenon in the center of culture-rich Athens. Students will explore the stories of Greek leaders such as Pericles, Themistocles, and Polycrates and Aspasia, the female consort of Pericles. Focusing on engineering concepts and methods, this documentary reveals the ways complex geometrical technique andtremendous capacity of human endurance were critical factors in theglory of ancient Greece. This program offers a fresh perspective on the rise of this profoundly influential world culture, showing new reasons why experimentation, scientific thinking, and design techniques have influenced and shaped monumental histories, and continue to be reflected in every day lives today."
There's also a website... Greece, Engineering an Empire.
Be sure to post an analytical comment here from your viewing of the documentary!
Friday, January 26, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
UPDATED: Final Exam Humor!
I'm sure that final exams don't seem so funny at the moment, but thought this might cheer ya'll up anyway... :-)
Enjoy!!
Enjoy!!
- A College Version of "The Night before Christmas"
- The Final Exam from Hell
- Death by Caffeine & Death by Penguin Mints
Go easy on the coffee and No-Doz! :-)
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
FYI: Links for fun!
- Rum and Monkey: The Merovingian Name Generator
- Make Your Own Bayeux Tapestry Kit!
- Music: Hildegard von Bingen's "O frondens virga"
Monday, December 04, 2006
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
UPDATED - FYI: Islam
UPDATED: The Adhan: Islam's Call to Prayer, Mecca, Medina -- Beliefnet.com
- IslamiCity.com - The Five Pillars of Islam
- Video: Conditions for the Hajj
- Video: Whirling Dervishes
FYI: The "Ara Pacis Augustae", plus the Imperial Image in Late Antiquity
Ara Pacis: "Indeed, the altar was real and was used as a site for sacrificing animals, large and small alike. There were drainholes for the sacrificial blood to flow out from the structure." (See at right, from ARA PACIS TOUR)- Late Antiquity: Imperial Image
FYI: Early Christianity & Saint Peter's Basilica
- The Spread of Christianity
- "Old" Saint Peter's: On the left of the road was a circus begun by Caligula, and finished by Nero; on the right a line of tombs built against the clay cliffs of the Vatican. The circus was the scene of the first sufferings of the Christians, described by Tacitus in the well-known passage of the "Annals," xv.45. Some of the Christians were covered with the skins of wild beasts so that savage dogs might tear them to pieces; others were besmeared with tar and tallow, and burnt at the stake; others were crucified (crucibus adfixi), while Nero in the attire of a vulgar aurigaยบ ran his races around the goals. This took place in A.D. 65. Two years later the leader of the Christians shared the same fate in the same place. He was affixed to a cross like the others, and we know exactly where. A tradition current in Rome from time immemorial says that S. Peter was executed inter duas metas (between the two metae), that is, in the spina or middle line of Nero's circus, at an equal distance from the two end goals; in other words, he was executed at the foot of the obelisk which now towers in front of his great church. For many centuries after the peace of Constantine, the exact spot of S. Peter's execution was marked by a chapel called the chapel of the "Crucifixion."
- 360 Degree Tour of St. Peter's Square
- Virtual Reality Tour of Ravenna! (Gorgeous early Christian art & architecture!!)
- Pictures of Jesus - ReligionFacts
- Christ as Roman Soldier Mosaic
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
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