Speaking Archaeologically™

“Does anyone here knows History?” the pretty lady wearing red coat asks. “No.” they answer, after couple of minutes of speculation. “To answer or not answer.” This is what came in our mind that moment. As we were there for a sculpture session which automatically means that one’s got to know about history related to different topics. “That’s perfect.” the young lady in red coat says with a smile on her face. We take a sigh of relief and she further explains. “It’s wonderful you guys don’t know about it as sometimes what happens is when we are students of History. We come with a biased opinion and we block our learning area.” I look at her stunned, wondering how can someone give such a optimistic approach to this situation? I smile, and believe me, it got me so excited for the session we were just about to begin with. To Shriya, the founder of Speaking Archeology, is someone, so many people including me are grateful for. I kid you not when I say, in my few months of bein...

Where do I begin about the whole Museum Visit! Okay, so we had a Coinage Workshop. A task was assigned to all of us to present our observation sheets based on our enlightenment on the subject by Shriya. A date was settled for a next SA meet in the Museum of Natural History in Chandigarh. So, we all met met again; this time, better acquainted with each other. Being slightly behind the schedule due to losing the direction, we lost a bit of the wisdom shed by Shriya on the origin and evolution of life on Earth, as we know it today.  The Cyclorama - Evolution of Life is housed on the ground floor of the Natural History Museum. The geological landscape paintings illustrate the origin of earth, evolution of life from unicellular organism to multi cellular plants and animals through the Archeaozoic, Paleaozoic, Permian, Devonian, Triassic, Jurassic, Oligocene, Miocene and Pleistocene periods. The Cyclorama - Evolution of Life International Doll Museum We were divided...