emsworldhistory

Attempts to curb water pollution during the big Ganesh festival in India.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5271634.stm 

My world religions curriculum webpage is done!

Please check it out!

http://college.holycross.edu/projects/himalayan_cultures/2006/esnyder/

Ancient Irish psalter found preserved in peat bog. No kidding.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5584495

Brief AP article on 1,500 year old Byyzantine port found near Istanbul.

http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8J1EDB80.html

Longer discussion from Turkish Daily News.

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=46860

Thinking about possible topics/comfigurations for the NEH website

- ritual in world religions (divide the site into diff. religions and include content on major rituals in each)

- architecture in world religions (get to do pilgrimage churches and romanesque sculpture along with stupas and the gate sculptures)

- History of Religions in India- begin with Indus Valley Civ. and the resources for teaching Indus Valley, go into Aryan migration and the links with Greek myth, do Hinduism, then Buddhism and include case studies of daily life for each

- Organize content historically by ancient/medieval/modern- Indus Valley and Axial Age, then Medieval developments, then Modern India/Nepal/Tibet- This would allow for current events RSS feeds, talk about the Chinese invasion, kashmir, Gandhi, India/Pakistan— this is the most comprehensive, but doesn’t maybe allow for the comparative religion elements, as it is historical and not religious— so maybe just have an expansive modern Himalayan region section