History of Knitting
History of knitting: Nalbinding hat from Urumchi (ca. 1000 BC) Nalbinding and sprang Even before the invention of spinning and weaving, people were making cloth using early forms of knitting [...]
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Houses – History of Architecture
History of houses: Sibudu Cave, South Africa, from the Stone Age Living in caves The first people lived without any kind of shelter, huddling under trees when it rained. They [...]
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Why are there double aisles? History of architecture
Looking into the side aisles of the Pisa Duomo (Italy, 1064 AD) What are double aisles? Some big basilicas and churches had two aisles instead of one: double aisles. The [...]
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What is basalt? Geology and Grindstones
A Roman road paved in basalt (This is from Trajan's Market in Rome) Basalt and volcanoes Basalt (bu-SALT) is a volcanic stone - it forms from the lava that volcanoes [...]
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Egyptian Art History
Egyptian art: Fishing in the swamps on the edges of the Nile River from the tomb of the astronomer Nakht Sixth Dynasty (New Kingdom, ca. 1400 BC) Egyptian art comes [...]
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Early African Art
Early African art from Blombos Cave, South Africa (ca. 80,000 BC) South African art People were producing art in South Africa even before the first people left Africa for other [...]
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Medieval African Architecture – Mosques and Churches
Medieval African architecture: Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo (Egypt, 900s AD) Africa gets richer The Middle Ages saw a tremendous explosion of architecture all over Africa as Africans became richer than they had ever [...]
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Iron Age Architecture in Africa
Iron Age architecture in Africa: Palace at Meroe, ca. 900 BC (thanks to Royal Ontario Museum) Rich enough to build in stone During the Bronze Age, only Egypt was rich enough to build [...]
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Egyptian Architecture
Egyptian architecture: the pyramids at Giza, in Egypt, about 2500 BC People tend to think that Egyptian building styles stayed the same for the whole period of Ancient Egypt, from [...]
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African Buildings in Antiquity
African buildings: Hathor temple at Naqa (modern Sudan), ca. 10 AD African buildings in stone In the first centuries AD, African architects kept building more stone buildings, as trade continued to increase, [...]
