Word: sumerian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ninth- and 10th-graders from the Eagle Academy in Poughkeepsie, New York, used the computer's protean powers of simulation to build a virtual replica of the Gilgamesh myth. Not only are the details of the Sumerian ruler's life re-created, but visitors who log on also get to play at being king for a day, at least in cyberspace...
...Sumerian 149. Sumerian Legal and Economic Texts...
...universal idea, common across cultures and through the centuries, the belief in angels comes close to it. Jews, Christians and Muslims have postulated endlessly about angels' nature and roles, but all three religions affirm their existence. There are angels in Buddhism, Hinduism and Zoroastrianism; winged figures appear in ancient Sumerian carvings, Egyptian tombs and Assyrian reliefs. Visible or invisible, in disguise or in full glory, angels appear in more than half the books of the Bible: it was an angel who told Abraham to spare his son from sacrifice, who saved Daniel from the lion's den, who rolled...
...Science Center C Latin Aab 2 Divinity Ave., Rm 18 Literature and Arts A-50 A--L Memorial Hall M--Z Science Center Physics 123 Science Center D Slavic 103 Emerson 108 Slavic 113r Emerson 108 Slavic Aab Sever 214 Slavic Bab Emerson 108 Slavic Dc Emerson 108 Sumerian 234 2 Divinity Ave., Rm 18 Vietnamese B 2 Divinity Ave., Rm 18 Good Luck...