Just Get Started Map out the location of the pyramids on the Giza Plateau and provide a brief description of each. Explore the Pyramids The Giza Plateau Mapping Project Interpret information about a mystery archaeological site. I Can Dig It! Activity Solve this hieroglyphics puzzle, figure out how to write your name or a sentence in hieroglyphs, and provide information about the origin of this picture language. Hieroglyph: Say What? (Hot Science) Reading Hieroglyphs—The First Steps Make a list of some the steps necessary to conduct a scientific expedition by using the following news flashes. News flashes: January 28, 1997—April 22, 1997 Plot the geographical locations of the following ancient technological achievements and supply a brief description of each. Blank World Map Stonehenge—Salisbury, England Obelisk—Aswan, Egypt Inca—Cuzco, Peru Colosseum—Rome, Italy Easter Island Statues—Easter Island Build your own scale model of a pyramid and compare it to scaled-down versions of other buildings. Scaling the Pyramids Compile a poster of some of the different kinds of objects archaeologists find at excavation sites, including a brief description of each site's location and discoveries. End of Field Season Full Report—Giza Plateau, Egypt Burial Artifacts—Mt. Sara Sara, Peru Archaeologist Thomas Lee—Chiapas region, Mexico Artifact Gallery—Rub al Khali Desert, Arabian Peninsula Learn how to map an archaeological site by creating and mapping one of your own. (Note: The activity begins with After Watching #1.) Tabletop Map Activity This week on NOVA | Previous Sites | Lesson Ideas | Teacher's Exchange Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule About NOVA | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Jobs | Search | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated November 2000