When I was younger and first heard about how the Egyptians preserved the bodies of the pharoahs I was totally grossed out. Why would someone do something so morbid as that? And why would they waste riches and goods on the dead? I'm guessing the pyramid robbers also thought the same thing as they were plundering the massive graves.
My boys are nothing but fascinated with the whole thing. Disciplines such as learning to read and write are rarely met with such enthusiasm, but the way that ancient civilizations have invoked intrique and interest in this house (did you get my alliteration there? Pretty good, eh? I did that on purpose) has really surprised me.
I would suggest, at the horror of some, that history is the most boring subject ever taught in schools. The memorizing of dates and dry material brought me to tears as early as grade five. But here I am now in my late 30's actually learning about history with my 7 and 5 year old boys. They are loving it. I am loving it. It is definately, hands down, the best study we are doing right now. I think not having the pressure of passing tests and committing irrelevant material to memory has lifted the restrictions on my actual learning. I am glad that I am passing this freedom on to my boys at such a young age.
My boys made several intricate pyramids out of lego and then we built some pyramids out of sugar cubes. Tasty, delicious pyramids. Mmmmm.
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