World History
Guess you don't have to be a nerd to be a world-renowned archaeologist. A Baltimore hairdresser became exactly that when she saw a bust of Roman woman at the Walters Museum in Baltimore. She was blown away by the hair-do on the bust and tried to recreate it without success.
History books told her that it was probably a wig. She didn't buy that theory and began digging deeper, even questioning the translations of certain words regarding the hair. Eventually, she proved the archaeologists wrong and discovered that the hair-do was no wig and that with needle and thread she could re-create it. The rest is history. She's famous in the annals of archaeology now. This might be worth showing to freshmen when we discuss archaeology at the beginning of the year.
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World History
Hairdresser Becomes World-Renowned Archaelogist
Guess you don't have to be a nerd to be a world-renowned archaeologist. A Baltimore hairdresser became exactly that when she saw a bust of Roman woman at the Walters Museum in Baltimore. She was blown away by the hair-do on the bust and tried to recreate it without success.
History books told her that it was probably a wig. She didn't buy that theory and began digging deeper, even questioning the translations of certain words regarding the hair. Eventually, she proved the archaeologists wrong and discovered that the hair-do was no wig and that with needle and thread she could re-create it. The rest is history. She's famous in the annals of archaeology now. This might be worth showing to freshmen when we discuss archaeology at the beginning of the year.
- What Be Your Nerd Type?
What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature NerdDoes sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac...
- Tourists Help Excavate Ancient Holy Land Caves
CNN has this article titled Tourists help excavate ancient Holy Land caves. The article notes, "Tourists like Krewson pay $25 to spend the day working in ancient tunnels in Israel's Bet Guvrin National Park, about 20 miles southwest of Jerusalem....
- Fashion In Weimar Germany
Fashion in Weimar Germany. An essay discussing images of the 'New Woman' with short bobbed hair and masculine clothes in relation to their roots in the sociological background of Germany in the 1920s. From the site: It is Germany, 1928. Raucous...
- Scalping During The Seven Years' War
Scalping during the Seven Years' War - The French and Indian War (1754-1760) is replete with incidents of scalping by French, English and Native American combatants. Newspapers, diaries, journals, and other period sources all document these occurrences. ...
- Wikinfo | Archaeology
Wikinfo | Archaeology This si the Wikinfo article on archaeology. It is a good starting spot when looking for information on archaeology related topics. From the site: Archaeology (or archeology) is the study of human cultures through the analysis...