Ancient Greek Coins are fun to study. Ancient Greeks first made coins out of silver, then later they made them out of gold, bronze, and copper.Did you know that the bronze coins are mentioned in the bible? they can weigh up to 43 grams and be as light as 0.09 grams. Each city-state has its own coins, most of them represent their gods. there are about 14,000 Athenian coins. some of them are called drachma. coins, like pottery, are one of the most found artifacts at excavation sites. Maybe one day you might find one, if you get lucky.
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Today we got to Skype with an archaeologist from Corinth, Greece. She taught us many things about Ancient Corinth and Greece! Check out the photos below! It is such an honor to be able to learn from someone in the field who does this for a living! We are extremely thankful for the time she took sharing with us! I liked the picture of her favorite artifact and the theater mask was cool. - Jack I liked learning about the fountain. - Asher I liked seeing the temple of Apollo. I think it was cool when she showed us the Pegasus coin. - Renna The story she told us about Artemis and the animals was interesting to me. - Jackson It was cool when the people went down into the wells and tunnels and had to crawl on their bellies. - Tyler It is cool that they found the remains at the hospital and church. - Cade The coins were cool. - Camden My favorite part was learning about the bronze eyelashes on statues. - Mrs. Sanchez We emailed her some more questions to answer for us: 1. Do you have a picture of the temple of Zeus? - Cade 2. Can you send us a picture of the coin with Pegasus on it? - Tyler 3. Do you know who taught Jason the messenger from Greek Mythology how to sail? - Jackson 4. Can there be one artifact that has two different types of clay? - Jack 5. How big is the Apollo temple in Corinth? - Renna 6. What is the rarest thing you have found? - Renna 7. Did the Corinthian alphabet get evolved into the current Greek alphabet? - Mrs. Sanchez 8. How many letters were in the Corinthian alphabet? - Renna 9. Do you know how many temples have been found in Greece? - Cade 10. How did people get into the temples that were on the high hills? - Cade 11. Have you found any remains of animals, besides humans? - Jack 12. Was there more than one hospital in Corinth? - Asher 13. Is the temple to Zeus in Olympia the biggest temple in Greece? - Renna 14. What is your favorite god or goddess? - Everyone The students were dropped off by an airplane at an unknown archaeology dig site. As they uncovered artifacts, they had to figure out:
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