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Archimedia
- Architecture in Egypt and Mesopotamia
Description: This site will help you understand what
ancient buildings looked like and how they were built.
Special attention is paid to ziggurats and pyramids.
Cyrus
the Great
Description: This is a very nice site about the
Persian king who is thought to be the first to become
involved in human rights. There is also some wonderful art
included.
DIA
Galleries: Ancient Art - Mesopotamia
Description: View the ancient Birdman of Assyria and
the Dragon of Marduk in this exciting art exhibit from the
Detroit Institute of Arts. Comments: Excellent images from
Ancient Mesopotamia
Treasures
From the Royal Tombs of Ur
Description: This University of Pennsylvania site has
an Ancient Mesopotamia Excavation with an itinerary and a
photo gallery of Mesopotamian artifacts. Comments: Check out
their Greek and Egyptian pages too
Archaeology
Resources - IRAQ
Description: List of links about Ancient Mesopotamia,
Egypt, Nubia, and Israel from the WWW Virtual Library on the
Middle East.
Babylonia:
Medicine and Surgery
Description: This site is a decription of medicine
during Babylonian times and links to primary source
documents such as Hammurabi's Code. Comments: Some of the
language is difficulut but the text is interesting enough
that most students still want to read it.
Hanging
Gardens of Babylon
Description: This site gives history and links to
pictures and maps of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of
the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Metropolitan
Museum of Art - Ancient Near East
Description: Lions and bulls were very important to
Ancient Mesopotamians. This sculpture of a human-headed lion
is from one of the palaces.
Permanent
Collection at Emory University: Ancient Near Eastern
Art
Description: Learn more about the writing of Ancient
Mesopotamia called cuneiform. If you click on the images,
you'll see the cylinder seals in detail!
The
Ziggurats
Description: This site has an excellent map and
pictures of ziggurats found in ancient Mesopotamia.
Board
Games of the Ancient World
Description: Like today, people of ancient
civilizations invented board games for something fun to do.
Many of their games are still played in some form, but
others have been lost and we can only guess at their rules.
You and your teammates will research ancient games and
recreate them for others to play today.