'AnthroNotes' editor Alison Brooks describes an AAAS program designed to facilitate between scientific and religious communities; resources listed at the end can provide interesting topics for classroom debate.
Written to help teachers and students in 2002 discuss aspects of Afghan history and culture; anthropologist Shalinsky did fieldwork there in the mid-1970s.
Study of the animal mummies created throughout ancient Egyptian history serves as a window into the complex and close relationship between humans and animals in ancient Egypt.
Repatriation issues and examples from the National Museum of Natural History; for an updated version of this article, see 'Anthropology Explored, 2nd ed.'
Objects made for and placed in burials were a significant part of a proper Egyptian entombment and demonstrate the belief that life's activities continued into eternity; for chronology of dynasties and dates mentioned in ...
Anthropological exploration of the complicated nature of Iraq's several communities and sub-communities, and how they view and interact with each other.