Clay figurines from Mehrgahr First people in India The first people reached India from Africa around 40,000 BC. There were probably still Neanderthals and Denisovans further north, but not in India. At first [...]
History of oats: Oats growing in a field What is the history of oats? Like wheat and barley and millet, oats grow wild all around West Asia. Probably early gatherers [...]
Early history of honey: A chimpanzee smashing a beehive to get honey When did bees start to make honey? Bees first began to make honey about 200 million years ago, [...]
Egyptian Headrest (Vatican Museum): Egyptian furniture Did Egyptian houses have furniture? Most Egyptian houses didn't have much furniture in them. The floor was plain dirt or clay. People slept on [...]
History of Straw: loose straw in a pile What is straw made of? Straw is the dried stalks of tall grasses like wheat, millet or barley. After people harvested the [...]
History of baskets: Baskets from ancient Egypt (now in the Louvre) Who invented baskets? Chimpanzees don't weave baskets. But people probably learned how to make baskets very early on, soon after [...]
Tomato How many things can you find around your house that people had in South or Central America before 1500 (before the European invasion)? If you don't find many around [...]
Clay seal project: A cylinder seal and square seal from ancient Mesopotamia What is a clay seal? The people of ancient Mesopotamia had many baskets which had been sealed with [...]
Native American Scavenger hunt: Blueberries are a Native fruit! Finding Native things at home How many things can you find around your house that Native American people had before 1500 [...]
Inside Chinese houses: Women sitting on a k'ang bed in the 1890s Heated bed platforms Beginning in the Stone Age, people in China heated their beds before they slept in [...]
