RESOURCE: Mysteries of the Ancient World

[Ryan Goble]

Caught an add for these stories in Smithsonian Magazine. I read their story about Vikings "Raiders or Traders?" and it was fascinating. If you want to do some inquiry based teaching this stuff has some very compelling Indiana Jones style narrative. Think CSI + World History!

The features...

New Light on Stonehenge
The first dig in 44 years inside the stone circle changed our view of why—and even when—the monument was built
By Dan Jones

Raising Alexandria
More than 2,000 years after Alexander the Great founded Alexandria, archaeologists are discovering its fabled remains
By Andrew Lawler

The Queen Who Would Be King
A scheming stepmother or a strong and effective ruler? History's view of the pharaoh Hatshepsut changed over time
By Elizabeth B. Wilson

Unlocking The Secrets of the Parthenon
Restoration of the 2,500-year-old temple of Athena is yielding new insights into the engineering feats of the golden age's master builders
By Evan Hadingham

Raiders or Traders?
A replica Viking vessel plying the North Sea has helped archaeologists figure out what the stalwart Norsemen were really up to
By Andrew Curry

Odyssey's End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca
A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer's wanderer returned and a new wealth of data supports his thesis
By Fergus M. Bordewich

Mysterious Island
The more we learn about Easter Island from archaeologists and researchers, the more intriguing it becomes
By Paul Trachtman

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Mysteries-of-the-...

Also they just released this special edition collectors magazine "What Killed King Tut"