Monday, January 9, 2012

Ten Cool Archaeological Sites

Archaeologists are scientists that study objects from the past to understand human history. Sometimes they find amazing things. Read this article and learn about some cool archaeological sites from around the world.


1. Read about all 10 archaeological sites. Which one is the most interesting? Why?
2. Easter Island's statues are known as ______. (Look at pictures)
3. How are archaeologists able to better understand daily life in the Roman Empire?
4.What is threatening Manchu Picchu?
5. Looking at the picture with the caption "This skeleton was found at Pompeii", what do you think this is a skeleton of? Give evidence that supports your answer.
6. Describe what you see in the pictures.

9 comments:

jamien91 said...

1. king tuts how he was one of there ancient kings. and had a gold sarcophagus when he was restng in his the spot he was burried.
2.the statues are known as moai.
3.by some of the remaninening of the acient artifacts will help them know what it was like by the artifacts details.
4.manchu picchu is thretaned by tourism.
5.my bran is thincking of my past knolage from skelatons and i thinck it is a dinsou.
6.in the pictures i see good information about how things were bsck then with the statues founf around qin shi huangs tomb that they were good karate or martial arts or what ever way the used there skill to do what they did. also king tuts golden sarcophagus with the pictures rite behind and all of his treasure.
what do you see in the photographs?

XAVIER$$!! said...

1.Nazca lines in peru because you can see it most claerly from the sky.
2.moai
3.so many objects were preserved.
4.so many people are going
5.skeleton of a horse .

Myles said...

1.King Tut, because king Tut was a
king of Eypt.
2.Easter Island's statues are known as moai.
3.Because so many objects were perserved.
4.It is threated by tourism.
5.I think its a horse because its bones look like it's legs are moving.
6.I see a temple, a mommya horse, chinse kings,and moais.

Andrew411 said...

5.i think the skeleton is a dinosaur skeleton.

4.manchu picchu was threatend by the over-tourism.

6.statues,building,burial chambers,skeletons.

2.the statues are known as moai.

3.by some of the remaining of the acient artifacts will help them know what it was like by

noe said...

1.The one I think is the most interesting is the huge statues are known as moai because it look kind of weird to me.
2.Easter island's statues are known as Moai.
3.There was a lot of objects to understand more about the roman empire.
4.The threatening in the manchu picchu is the over-tourism
5.To me it look like a horse.

jenea said...

1. the one that is most intresting is King Tutankhamuns Tomb Egypt. It is most intresting because it says that Tutankhamun was one of the ancient Egypts minor kings.And his tomb is very famouse.And at the end of the paragraugh about it it says that it was filled with lots of gold.And how king tut was one of there ancient kings.
2. Easter Islands huge statues are known as moai.
3.some of the remaniening of the ancient artifacts will help them know what it was like for the artifacts details.
4. machu picchu is thretaned by tourism.
5. what i think is that the skelaton is a dinasour.
6. what i see in the picture is

NaTaLiE>_>411LOL said...

1.I think the King Tutankhamun’s Tomb, Egypt was the most interesting because Tutankhamun was one of ancient Egypt’s kings, but his tomb is very famous. When Howard Carter discovered the tomb in 1922, it was almost completely undisturbed and filled with treasure!

2.Easter Island's huge statues are known as moai.

3.Archaeoligists better understand life in the roman empire Because so many objects were preserved, archaeologists are able to better understand daily life in the ancient Roman Empire.


4.It is threatened by over-tourism.

5.I think it is a donkey because long ago they did use horses but like in carriges and stuff they used donkeys plus it would be a very small horse if it was one so I think it is a donkey.

6.I see alot of statues,
skelotons, and mummies

Kristian said...

1.The fossil was the most intresting because it looks like a dinosaur and I think it is cool to find fossils about history.
2.It is known as moai.
3. Artifacts that were there at that time will help Archaeologists understand about the daily life in the Roman Empire 4. Manchyu Picchu is threatened by over tourism.
5.I think that is a skeleton of a dinosaur.
6. I see things that were found, used, and where people lived and protected.

ASHLEY said...

1.Pompeii because it`s cool how valcanic ash, and Italy has an amazing history. 2.Moia,they are kown as moia. 3.Valcanic ash presereved the city of Pompeii. 4.To much visitors. 5.A horse because the bones look like a horse`s body shape.