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Subject: Ancient Art
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Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples
Exhibition Resources for Teachers and Students

Teacher and student resources related to the Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples exhibition (October 19, 2008–March 22, 2009). Includes an introduction to the exhibition, printable Discovery Guides for students, a guide for Latin classes, and related resources.

Also see related exhibition materials
Chinese Archaeology
Online Teaching Unit

Teaching program on Chinese artifacts from 6000 B.C. to 924 A.D. Includes teaching activities, chronology, glossary, and audio pronunciation guide.

This program is also available as a printed booklet with 20 slides. It may be borrowed free-of-charge from NGA Loan Programs.
Family Guide: The Quest for Immortality - Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Printable Family Guide
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A printable, kid-friendly activity guide about ancient Egypt.
Children's Guide: Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
Printable Children's Guide
(PDF 1MB, Download Adobe Reader)

A printable, children's guide about courtly art of the ancient Maya. Includes images, map, history of the Maya and their gods, archaeological finds, and short activities.
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Online Art Information

Exhibition feature (2008). Extraordinary artifacts uncovered in modern-day Afghanistan—once the heart of the Silk Road linking cultures from Asia to the Mediterranean—long thought stolen or destroyed during some 25 years of conflict until they were dramatically recovered from a vault under the Presidential Palace in 2004. Dating back 2,000 years and more, the works belong to the National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul, whose motto is "A nation stays alive when its culture stays alive."

See also: Children's Discovery Guide (for ages 8 to 12) to the exhibition Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
Online Art Information

Exhibition feature from the Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya exhibition (2004). Includes images from the exhibition, text, audio clips, and interactive activities on Maya hieroglyphs and numbering.
The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Online Art Information

Exhibition feature. Includes information, streaming slideshows, videos, and virtual tour on Egyptian artifacts and their role in the afterlife.
Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory
Online Virtual Tour

Virtual tour of an exhibition of Cambodian sculpture from the 6th- through 16th-centuries

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