Flyover Zone

A Virtual Tourism Company

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This is a 2022 book. Who has read The Ancient Egyptians’ Diet: The History of Eating and Drinking in Egypt, edited by Charles River? https://amzn.to/3UKmYf0

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How much do farm animals figure into this sourcebook by Lewis and Llewellyn-Jone?

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Fantastic films based on ancient Greek legends

Scores of history's greatest stories came out of ancient Greece. From the classic plays of Sophocles and Euripides, to the countless legends

How many of these movies have you seen? Do you agree that they all reference stories from ancient Greece?

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What to Know About Alexander the Great and his Mysterious Death

The former king of Macedonia built a vast empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and even part of India.

Get a little mystery with your Friday Facts today.

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Which culture(s) worshipped Pan as a deity of the wild? https://www.flyoverzone.com/model/?uid=9dd24c9a50d64b759ae50ea86793bcc3

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What is the answer to Cleobulus' riddle?

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Learn about Marcus Agrippa at Stop 4 in our Pantheon Tour on Yorescape. https://yorescape.page.link/zm21eBCWPQVsFER47

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Meet Spot, the Dog-Like Robot Roaming the Ruins of Pompeii

The bot, built by Boston Dynamics, can navigate difficult terrains that humans can't access safely

Tomorrow is National Robot Day so here is a flashback to robot working the ruins of Pompeii. 

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A dried-up arm of the Nile provides another clue to how Egyptians built the pyramids

Geographers discovered a dried-up arm of the Nile River that helped the ancient Egyptians construct the pyramids of Giza.

What do you think about this new study concerning pyramid construction?

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More to share next Monday and next week after the event.

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Harvest Festivals

Would you consider Ieiunium Cereris to be a #harvest related religious holiday in ancient Rome? Why or why not?

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Did Solon burn Croesus? Do you think what Solon said is still true today?

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What do you know about the aqueducts that were the lifeblood of Tenochtitlan? https://yorescape.page.link/DCJPesEzo63Cr2cp9

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Who can tell me the story about Julius Caesar and pirates? https://www.flyoverzone.com/model/?uid=4846c4e6e5f045698a06b66439d83812

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Who has read Zainab Bahrani’s 2017 book, Mesopotamia: Art and Architecture? https://www.amazon.com/Mesopotamia-Ancient-Architecture-Z-Bahrani/dp/050051917X/

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Customs Officials Seize a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Artifact in Tennessee

The stone sculpture depicts the Egyptical funeral deity Imsety

How does news of stolen artifacts recovered make you feel?

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Analysis of everyday tools challenges long-held ideas about what drove major changes in ancient Greek society

A modern scientific analysis of ancient stone tools is challenging long-held beliefs about what caused radical change on the island of Crete