China: Terra Cotta Army

India and China: Buddha and Buddhism

The Great Buddha Statue

Website to Metropolitan Museum about Buddhist Art

Egyptian Book of the Dead

Anubis weighing the heart of Hunefer. ca. 1285 BCE

From the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. The Ani Scroll, Spell 17.

Video about the BOOK of the DEAD 

Hail, O ye who gives cakes and ale to perfect souls in the House of Osiris, give ye cakes and ale twice each day to the soul of the Osiris Ani, whose word is true before the gods, the Lords of Abydos, and whose word is true, with you. Hail, O ye who open up the way, who act as guides to the roads [to other worlds] to perfect souls in the House of Osiris ..."  

-- 1240 BCE ,  The Papyrus of Ani, The Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Link to English translation of the BOOK of the DEAD

Hinduism and SHIVA considered

Indian artists Kandha Panday, right, and Shiva Sharma dressed as Hindu god Rama and his brother Lakshman have paint applied to their faces ahead of a religious procession during the Dussehra festival in Allahabad, India. (AP)

1. Intro to HINDUISM videos
.a. why are there so many different Gods ?
b.  More Basics of Hinduism

2.AUDIO and Visual: CLICK HERE for a quick but intriguing look at a SHIVA MASK at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

3. Click here for Video showing a FESTIVAL dedicated to SHIVA
4. More Hindu Art
5. HINDUISM BASICS.....AUDIO:         
     Questions for the AUDIO:

Hinduism  Audio : Questions

1.    True or False   Hinduism believes in rebirth or reincarnation

2.    True or False   Moksha means spiritual liberation

3.    True or False   Hindus usually disregard other religions and are                                       intolerant

4.    True or False    Hinduism has strict rules or orthodoxy

5.    True or False    There is no one founder of Hinduism

6.    True or False    Yoga is a Hindu practice

7.    True or False    Moksha is spiritual liberation and ends reincarnation                                               

8.    True or False    Vedas and Upanashads and Bhagavad Gita are                                                           Hindu texts

9.    True or False    War was never spoken of in ancient Hinduism

10.                       True or False    Warriors could never be good Hindus

11.                       True or False    The Caste System was rooted in Hinduism

12.                       True or False     The Caste System was banned by the British

13.                       True or False     Hinduism is polytheistic

14.                       True or False    Brahma was the created

15.                       True or False    Vishnu  is the preserver

16.                       True or False     Siva is the destroyer  

17.                       True or False     There are NO  female Gods

18.                       True or False      Hindus use rituals in their worship

19.                       True or False     “church” is held only 1x a month for Hindus

20.                       True or False     there is a hugging saint in Hinduism

21.                       True or False       The person interviewed sees Hinduism as                                    friendly towards Muslims and other religions.

This is worth over $60 Million Dollars ! !

Why is this statue worth tens of millions of dollars ? Click here and find out

"Lost" WPA Murals in North Carolina

I recently did some research about WPA Murals in North Carolina. Read this link to the NC Museum of Art that showcases my research, findings, and classroom application lesson plan.

http://news.artnc.org/2013/08/01/integrating-local-art-new-berns-wpa-murals/

Who is Salman Rushdie?

Some of  my students with Sir Salman Rushdie.

I teach history at the high school level full time and part time at the local  college and university. A few years ago, Salman Rushdie visited East Carolina University and gave a lecture. I urged my students to attend and offered extra credit, but many of my students had never heard of Sir Rushdie.


Salman Rushdie has written many books, but he is best known for his book "SATANIC VERSES." 

Mr. Hill with Sir Rushdie ! ! ! 

For this book, Satanic Verses, where he supposedly insults the founder of Islam--Muhammad--Islamic religious leaders issued a FATWA, or religious edict, calling for RUSHDIE's death. 

Below, I am attaching some video links of interviews with Rushdie for you to learn about Sir Salman Rushdie: