Dig Into History -- Ancient Mesopotamia
April 16, 2008
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has created an interesting interactive on ancient Mesopotamia -- now present day Iraq.
The "land between rivers", as the Greeks called Mesopotamia, is considered to be the cradle of civilization. This is where we find the origins of agriculture, written language, and cities.
Drawing from the Mesopotamian collection of the Oriental Institute Museum, which was unearthed in archaeological excavations carried by the University of Chicago over the past century, the interactive -- for kids, but not only-- works as good introduction to this ancient civilization.
Click on the picture to dig for Mesopotamian artifacts in Iraq:
After the dig, just click on the picture to curate a museum exhibition using photographs of the artifacts you found:
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