National Geographic History - 07.2019 - 07.2019

UNESCO organized fund-raising to rescue and preserve as many of the archaeological monuments and sites as possible. Thirty coun- ...

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY 19 of Ramses II had become an iconic image of Egypt. The engineering feats and the expense were daun ...

20 JULY/AUGUST 2019 T ry to imagine Notre Dame Cathedral carved into stone, a French engineer told journalists during the planni ...

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY 21 HIGH AND DRY The illustration (left) shows both the current and original locations of the Abu Sim ...

22 JULY/AUGUST 2019 In the lap of one of the statues of Ramses flanking the temple entrance, a group of laborers use handsaws to ...

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY 23 A bulldozer scales a sand ramp in front of the Great Temple of Ramses II. The ramp provided acces ...

24 JULY/AUGUST 2019 1 Once the blocks are in place, laborers remove protective material that shielded the edges of the faces of ...

The visage of Ramses II is lowered toward the body of the statue. A concrete counterweight was attached to its back to stop any ...

BUILDING THE INSIDE OUT Once the colossal statues of the pharaoh were in position at the new site of the Great Temple, concrete ...

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28 JULY/AUGUST 2019 GRAND ILLUMINATION Twice a year, sunlight shines into the sanctuary of the Great Temple. The rays of light i ...

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY 29 Twice a year, sunlight enters the eastern- facing Great Temple, penetrates the Hypostyle Hall and ...

WORDS AND MUSIC This fifth-century B.C. kylix (drinking vessel) depicts scenes from educational life. A second- century a.d. wax ...

Many modern ideas about education have their foundation in ancient Greece, where rhetoric and wrestling were of equal importance ...

In the fifth century B.C., Greece’s greatest minds were preoccupied with the most effective ways to raise children. Isocrates, a ...

A CLASSICAL EDUCATION 8th century B.C. The Iliad and the Odyssey are composed. These epics will form the basis of classical Gree ...

almost exclusively focused on the forming of citizens, Athenian schooling was not funded or organized by the public. Families we ...

BECOMING HUMAN CLASSICAL PRESCHOOL If Greek education centered on refining the baser elements of human nature, babyhood was a pr ...

SPORT In this fifth-century B.C. kylix (drinking vessel), young men engage in sporting activities and are observed by their trai ...

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