the small city of Pompeii‚ located in Italy near the coast of Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius‚ devastated the city. The way of life known to the people of this city was changed completely because of this tragic event. Through the well-preserved artifacts we discover more of Rome everyday life and society. In just the blink of an eye life can go from living with one’s family to be a preserved body that scientists study for knowledge of the past. Pompeii is a small city in Italy located near the coast
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......................................................................... 5 5.1 Artifacts......................................................................................................................................... 5 5.1.1 Physical artifacts ................................................................................................................... 5 5.1.2 Information artifacts.....................................................................................
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Antikythera Mechanism is a piece of history that most people don’t know exists. It is a very complex device that was used on a cargo ship. This artifact was in the wreckage of a cargo ship nearly 2‚000 years ago. The Antikythera Mechanism was a device used very frequently on the cargo ship long ago. It was very useful to the men on the ship because it helped them know what time of the year it is or where they were. Antikythera Mechanism works in a few different ways. This device is very thin
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provide examples of how people were able to show their interests through the images on their cigar containers and also the items that may have been left inside them. One problem I had with the exhibit was the absence of information for some of the artifacts because I feel that more historical information and reasoning to go along with the pictures of these cigar containers would be beneficial to the exhibit. That being said‚ the introduction video shows this exhibits curator‚ Sheldon Posen‚ describes
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The Little Bison Basin PROBLEM 8 ‚t .. ~ The Little Bison River flows from small glaciers in the high cirques of the Rocky Mountains east to the Great Plains of North America‚ where it ultimately joins the Missouri system. The valley through the Rockies contains a few small towns which are supported by the ski industry and tourism. Recently‚ extensive natural gas deposits have been discovered in the area‚ and salvage archaeology projects have been funded to assess the nature of archaeological
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characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone artifacts. The Neolithic Period is also called the New Stone Age. Many water pots and ceramic figures were found in the ruins of Neolithic society plots of earth. People of Neolithic times made many artifacts that were symbolic of their ways of life and culture such as water pots‚ fish‚ hunting and medical objects. Out of the artifacts found from the Neolithic period‚ the fish is symbolic to me because of the times
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Spanish educators and translators are in high demand. I also believe that these are career choices with which I will be satisfied even later on in life. I have included a variety of artifacts in order to reflect the fact that my experience at Isothermal has not been focused on just one aspect of learning. The artifacts show my development not only in writing
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its leaders and their words are widely studied‚ remembered and‚ frequently‚ revered. One such case of this remembrance is that of Malcolm X’s speech "The Ballot or the Bullet." Generally viewed as one of the top ten most significant speeches in American history‚ one must wonder at what factors have contributed to the speech’s longevity and implied importance. For one‚ the speech was given during the height of this movement and by a greatly influential leader of the time. Yet the speech
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image/video (I call it an artifact) from science/engineering – students in Jordan’s tutorials will have to analyse this image: http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/intel_ad_campaign_rock_stars.jpg Students in Nancy’s tutorials will analyse this commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGSHKNacB6Q Both images/videos are attempting to
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After first entering the Sacramento History Museum‚ artifacts from the starting of the Sacramento Bee newspaper can be seen. An old printing press and old newspapers that have been laminated are primary source documents. A curator’s comments about the printing press or newspaper would be a secondary source
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