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My interest in history, and the world beyond home, began early. My grandparents always belonged to the National Geographic Society, and they gave me my own membership--and my very own subscription to National Geographic--when I was seven. Foreign cultures, relics of past civilizations, the wonders of the natural world... I wanted to learn about them all. I can't say I've ever learned about them all, of course. But now it's my turn to hook new generations on the wonders of the world. |
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forthcoming & in print AGES 9-12 AGES 6-9 AGES 9-12: "Egypt on the March" Calliope (September 2008: Hatshepsut) Find out about the army and navy during the reign of Egypt's most famous female pharaoh and her nephew Thutmose III, who would later become known as the "Napoleon of Egypt." "Art-i-Fact: Pillared Hall" Dig (September 2008: The Valley of the Kings) What's so great about the tomb of Rameses VI? "Mediterranean in Peril" Dig (July/August 2008: Pirates) A harbor on the island of Crete sheltered pirates who dared to threaten Roman rule of the Mediterranean Sea. "Joan's Body" Calliope (April 2008: Joan of Arc) Science reveals the surprising truth behind a supposed relic Joan of Arc. "Alexander's Allied Queen?" Dig (March 2008: Alexander the Great) An exiled noblewoman helped Alexander the Great conquer the city of Halicarnassus. "The Forecast for Gaugamela" Dig (March 2008: Alexander the Great) Did a prophesy really change the outcome of the last battle between Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius? "The End of an Era" Dig (February 2008: Leptis Magna) The Roman city of Leptis Magna was once a jewel on the Mediterranean coast of Libya. What brought about its downfall: earthquakes, political corruption, or hostile nomads? "Libyan Site, World Treasure" Dig (February 2008: Leptis Magna) UNESCO named Leptis Magna a "World Heritage Site." Learn what that means and why these ruins earned the honor. "Who Was the Sphinx?" Dig (January 2008: The Sphinx of Egypt) The real secret of the Sphinx is who ordered the sculptors to create it. Learn what archaeologists and geologists conclude from the evidence. "What a Paint Job!" Dig (January 2008: The Sphinx of Egypt) The Great Sphinx -- in Technicolor? You'll be surprised... "'Mountains of Gold'" Calliope (November 2007: Where in the World [maps]) The world's oldest geological map is still useful today, and we even knew who drew it more than 3,000 years ago. "The Oldest Map of the World" Calliope (November 2007: Where in the World [maps]) A very short look at a Babylonian map more than 2,500 years old. "Greek and Roman Maps" Calliope (November 2007: Where in the World [maps]) A very brief overview of maps in the classical world. "Akhenaten's Art" Calliope (September 2007: Akhenaten) The Egyptian king Akhenaten wasn't unusual just bcause he worshiped a single god. The art produced by artists and craftsmen during his reign was quite strange, too, by ancient Egyptian standards! "Why?" Calliope (September 2007: Akhenaten) Scholars have different ideas to explain why Akhenaten's art looked so different from other Egyptian art. "Frozen Horses" Dig (July/August 2007: Animals of the Ancients) A burial mound in Kazakhstan contained the well-preserved bodies of 13 horses. Find out why these animals were so precious, and yet so ordinary, to the Scythian nomads who once roamed the plains of Central Asia. "A 9,500-Year-Old Cat" Dig (July/August 2007: Animals of the Ancients) Why was this cat buried in a human grave on the island of Crete, thousands of years before the earliest evidence of domestic cats in Egypt? AGES 6-9: "King Khufu's Great Pyramid Project" Know (no. 14, March/April 2008: Egypt) Find out how the ancient Egyptians built King Khufu's pyramid and boat. |
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