What is basalt? Igneous rock
Where does basalt come from? Basalt is a fine-grained, hard rock that forms when bits of lava shoot out of volcanoes, so it's one kind of igneous rock. Igneous rocks Volcanoes All [...]
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Did ancient Egyptians go to school?
Egyptian schools taught people how to be scribes Did girls go to school in ancient Egypt? There were schools in ancient Egypt, but hardly anyone went to them. Even though [...]
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Ancient Egyptian games: play and toys in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian games: knucklebones Egyptian board games: senet and mancala Ancient Egyptian games were a lot like some games people still play today. Some Egyptian games were traditional African games. [...]
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Ancient Economy – Simple economic history
Ancient economy: a bone sickle - the flint teeth are missing now Trade or self-sufficiency? Even today experts don't really understand how economics works. Historians also disagree about how economics [...]
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Inside ancient Chinese houses
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 [...]
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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 [...]
