Egyptian Archaeology

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel's still looking pretty happy, but still moving gingerly at the front of the classroom.

"Morning everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. I'll have the homework on my desk, please, at the end of the lesson.  Now, instead of my scheduled lecture, we're going to have a question and answer discussion. We're going to talk about what you want to talk about. That okay with you? Or should I continue talking about Sais?"

He grins.

"Someone will ask a question, and we'll see if anyone else knows the answer. If not, then I'll do my best to answer it.

Now? Any questions?"

At the end of the lesson, he smiles.

"Pick one of the subjects we talked about, and I want a hundred words on it for Wednesday. Thank you everyone. Have a good couple of days."

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Sign in and questions and discusson

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Go here

Friday's homework (sites under threat from modern development)

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Here please.

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[m-samuelle.livejournal.com]

Signs in and asks and answers some very thoughtful questions.

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Signs in and participates in the question and answer session.

Re: Friday's homework (sites under threat from modern development)

[m-samuelle.livejournal.com]

Turns in adequately done homework.

Re: Friday's homework (sites under threat from modern development)

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Turns in extremely well-done homework as usual.

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky signed in. He almost couldn't believe it when Daniel asked for questions. He certainly hadn't dictated that they had to be related to Egyptian Archaeology, or any archaeology really. He raised his hand and, when called upon, asked, "If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?"

Some days it was just too easy to be a smart ass.

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel blinked. "I wasn't aware Peter Piper lived in Ancient Egypt."

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"You didn't say the questions had to be about Egypt or archaeology," Kawalsky said.

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel blinked, frozen. "I didn't?"

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"You said we were gonna talk about what we wanted and then asked for someone to ask questions and other people to answer them, and if they can't, you'll try. No Egypt or archaeology, and I'm genuinely interested in Peter Piper's peck of pickled peppers and where he put them." Perhaps it was just that he was on a roll for getting people to want to kick his ass. Yes, that must have been it.

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel just pulled off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. "Okay. Does anyone know about Peter Piper's peck of pickled peppers for Mr Kawalsky?" he asked, addressing the class.

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Cupboard?" Cameron tries.

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Why pyramids and not... spheres?"

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel nods. "That's a great answer, Cameron," he says quickly. "Now. Anyone have any questions about Egypt or archaeology?"

Re: Friday's homework (sites under threat from modern development)

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron hands in his homework. There might be a lot of talk about jackals and hyena's and why wolves are cooler to draw anyway.

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Because Goa'uld motherships need pyramids to land on. Anyone got any ideas about this?"

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky raised his hand again.

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel resisted the urge to groan. "Yes, Major Mr Kawalsky?"

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Who built the pyramids?"

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Pyramids are easier. It's like making them with Lego blocks.. it's way easier to build a pyramid than a sphere."

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Ah, you know that this is a subject of debate amongst Egyptologists, don't you?" Daniel tries to smile, but it's looking slightly strained. "Who knows anything about it?"

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but spheres are fun."

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[the-ascended.livejournal.com]

"Would you like to try and build a large sphere out of sandstone bricks, including hollow chambers for burials?" Daniel asked. "I understand there's a room in the school where we could try it if you do..."

Re: Sign in and questions and discusson

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"And they make cooler Borg ships. I agree. But since they didn't have cranes or anything, and they had to make them out of big limestone rocks, so it would've been hard to move unless they had alien technology."