Archaeology and Art Ed.

I liked the Brooklyn Museum's archaeological blog: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/bloggers. When I was little my dream was to be an archaeologist, in fact, ancient Egypt was my place of choice. Ancient cultures have always been a great fascination of mine, and growing up with an artist for a mom, I suppose one of a couple of reasons why I ended up going to the Art Institute with the original intention of getting a degree in art history. I think art class could be a great way to get kids interested in their history class, considering that all cultures have used the arts as vehicles to record their histories, express and reinforce religious beliefs, and just add beauty to living in general. Taking a look through the Art Institute's ancient artifacts always shows me just how much people worked at the craftsmanship of even simple everyday objects like mirrors, hair combs, and jars for storing food... this was, of course, way before "innovators" like William Morris tried again to imbue the everyday with beauty. I just find it fascinating to see how ancient cultures valued life, and seemed to take nothing for granted.