A Professional Development Program for K-12 Educators How do we, as humans, deal with life and death? Throughout the history of the world, humans have searched for and have developed ways to address the challenges of living, define one’s place in the universe, and find meaning through rituals, ceremonies, beliefs structures and religious practices. Today, […]
The Mandarin “Lunch and Learn 午间中文” is a free, online, monthly ‘Read-Aloud’ series for Chinese language learners of all levels. Join us virtually to learn and practice Mandarin, while engaging with Chinese literature, poetry, history and more with fellow enthusiasts. Participants will enjoy live, interactive learning sessions with our language and cultural experts from home. […]
A Professional Development Program for K-12 Educators What can object from 3000 years ago tell us about our ancestors and their belief systems? Do they still impact our lives today? And if the answer is yes, how? Following the first session of this series, “Art, Ritual and Religion: An Introduction”, this session focuses on the […]
A Professional Development Program for K-12 Educators From taoties and dragons to birds, what does the changing design of motifs on the bronzes tell us about the cross-cultural pollination in ancient China? How did the change of symbols reflect the evolving concept between human society and the supernatural world? The Western Zhou peoples and their […]
The Mandarin “Lunch and Learn 午间中文” is a free, online, monthly ‘Read-Aloud’ series for Chinese language learners of all levels. Join us virtually to learn and practice Mandarin, while engaging with Chinese literature, poetry, history and more with fellow enthusiasts. Participants will enjoy live, interactive learning sessions with our language and cultural experts from home. […]
Face pot, 5200–5000 BCE, ceramic, Biatorbágy-Tyúkberek, Hungary, H. 31.2 cm, Diam. 11 cm (rim), Diam. 8.5 cm (base), Budapest History Museum, Budapest, Hungary: 2019.13.36.1. Photo © Field Museum, photographer Ádám Vágó.Wagon model, 800–700 BCE, bronze and iron, Bujoru, Romania, L. 26 cm (max.), W. 15.5 cm (max.), H. 16.5 cm (max.), National History Museum of […]