Greek Museum in Metropolis Subway

You walk through the doors and come to two hallways. You go right and get to look at these amazing artifacts. Inside the glass frames right next to the artifacts you may read about these amazing things from long ago. You go around and get to look at them again. After you have learned enough, you may exit this time coming from the left hallway.

 SOCIAL            

The Olympic games were held every four years in Olympia. Thousands of men gathered to either compete or watch. Women were not allowed to come. They competed in wrestling, running, and other sports. The museum will have a mini replica of this statue!

POLITICAL

Greece was first made up of many independent city states. Some were more powerful than others like Athens and Sparta. They were all divided by many mountains and hills, and it wasn't until the Persian empire tried to take over that they all united against them. They became closer and started the Hellenistic period. The museum will have a display of several authentic gold and silver coins displaying different leaders on them!

RELIGIOUS

The Greeks were polytheistic which means they had multiple gods. Their gods were considered to be connected with things they knew had a lot of power. A few of their gods were Zeus their god of lightning, Ares their god of war, and Hades god of their underworld. The museum will have a life size statue of Poseidon their god of water!

INTELLECTUAL

The art of the Greeks made great influence on other civilizations. Their art inspired many artists. Their art was influenced by their traditions and beliefs. During the Hellenistic age their art became more and more natural. The museum will have a copy of the medusa sculpture above!

TECHNOLOGICAL

The Greeks invented what we might think of as a crossbow but they knew it as a Gastraphete.

The Gastraphete was put together by a famous engineer known as Ctesibius. Instead of just pulling up a string Ctesibius made it so that they would use a sliding mechanism. The museum will have a replica of an ancient Gastraphete!

ECONOMICAL

The ancient Greeks would trade over the oceans since they were right there next to them and mountains made it hard to cross any other way. They would trade things such as jewelry and gems. They would trade their slaves, olive oil, pottery and foods. The museum will have one of the biggest sapphires in the world!

                                      

Ancient Greek Games

The Greeks Had a temple dedicated to Zeus their god of gods in Olympia a city in Greece.
Olive trees were considered sacred to Zeus they grew wild around his temple.
The Greeks had Olympic games in Olympia (hence the name) dedicated to Zeus. The winner received a crown of olive branches that had no real value except for the branches had come from those that grew around Zeus's temple which gave them large spiritual value to the civilization.

Ancient Egypt Comes to The Museum

With astronomy the Ancient Egyptians were able to tell the day and when the flooding of the Nile would come. It also helped them to plan for the floods like which crop they were going to plant. We still use astronomy today for similar reasons as they did.  We are able to tell the day and seasons by the location of the stars. 

The museum will have a large poster of the constellations.

Creating hieroglyphics helped them to record their history. Scribes would write down important events and their stories of their gods and pharaohs.

The museum will have a few ancient tablets that have hieroglyphics.

Egyptians made the first type of paper known as papyrus. It was made from the papyrus plant and made into tiny strips that were then laid into a cross pattern and then beat with a mallet until it was flat.

The museum will have a piece of papyrus once made by the egyptians and a live papyrus plant.

The Egyptians were great at math and engineering. They built giant structures known as pyramids they also built the Sphinx it has the head of a pharaoh and the body of a lion. Pyramids were tombs to bury important people

The museum will have mini models of a few pyramids.

Egyptians learned to preserve bodies through mummification. They would take out their insides but leave the heart as they believed in after life and thought it was the center of thinking.They would bury important people in the pyramids after mummification.

The museum will have a real mummy on display.