Uncover these lost and found treasures, as you play this game. The faster you solve this, the sooner you will get to know how it looked.
Various sites in Egypt have thrown up fabulous discoveries that throw light on the history of ancient civilisations. Numerous artefacts that are of cultural significance to the country have been discovered over the years. Here are a few of them.
Khufu Ship
Discovered in 1954, it is an intact full-size vessel from ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid around 2500 BC. The ship is now preserved in the Giza Solar boat museum.
The Great Pyramid of Giza
Also known as the Pyramid of Khufu, it is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. The pyramid was built as a tomb around 2560 BC.
The unfinished obelisk
It is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. However, the reason it is unfinished is because, once they began to carve it out of bedrock, cracks appeared in the granite and the project had to be abandoned.
Abu Simbel
It is a village in the Egyptian part of Nubia and has as many as 2600 inhabitants. It is best known as the site of the Abu Simbel temples, which were built by King Rameses II.
In a multilingual country like India, there are over 400 languages that people call their ‘mother tongue’. Can you recognise a few popular ones based on their script?
The United Nations has declared that every year, February 21 will be observed as International Mother Language Day. This declaration recognises that “languages and multilingualism can advance inclusion, and the Sustainable Development Goals’ focus on leaving no one behind.”
In countries like France and Germany, people commonly speak one language – French and German, respectively. In countries like India, its people speak not one, or two or three – but 427 languages!
In fact, India has the world’s fourth-highest number of languages, after Nigeria (524), Indonesia (710) and Papua New Guinea (840).
While the Constitution of India does not give any language the status of a national language, the official language of our country is Hindi in Devanagari script.
Below are a few commonly spoken languages across India and its states. Can you match the script to the right language? Drag the scripts at the bottom (on the green) to the names of the languages (on the orange).
(Cover image: Subhashish Panigrahi/Creative Commons)
This weekend, add loads of shades and give this picture a colourful twist. Get going.
How much do you know about what’s out there in space? Try your hand at this fun crossword to find out…
Galaxies, stars, planets, aliens, asteroids…. what else is out there in outer space? Well, here’s a crossword that will help you find out.
Take a look at the news from around the world to know what’s going on.
What’s happening in the world around you? Well, quite a bit. There’s a sculptor who turns weapons into musical instruments. The results of WHO’s Wuhan probe of the coronavirus are out. The United Arab Emirates has become the fifth country into the world to launch its probe into the Mars orbit. Read on.
Dive in to the world of X-rays with this interactive article. Can you identify the body parts based on the X-ray images?
Have you ever wondered how doctors find out what’s going on inside your body? Well, they take the help of tools such as X-rays. X-rays are a form of radiation. When they pass through your body, they show images of your organs, bones, muscles, and more. Doctors use these images to find diseases, identify broken bones, spot cavities in your teeth and so on. Getting an X-ray is completely painless.
Use the sliders below to learn more about how X-ray images of various body parts look. In every image, move the slider from right to left.
Images: Wikimedia Commons
India’s diverse and rich history has given birth to a culture of art and craft that is unparalleled. Here’s a glimpse into some of them.
Can you find the names of these wonderful mammals that live in the ocean? Check out this word game.
The seas and oceans are home to many wonderful creatures. Dolphins, whales, vaquitas, and more. How much do you know about them?
Try your hand at this word search and see if you can spot all 10 marine mammals.
These arithmetic equations are missing something – the symbols! Can you complete them?
The equations below may seem simple, but without the symbols, they are incomplete! Can you drag and drop the right arithmetic sign into the boxes to complete the equations?
Here’s a little fun at the post office. Can you spot all the differences?
How do you think people communicated before phones and cellphones made things easier? Well, one way was through letters. You would write a letter on a piece of paper, put it in an envelope, go to the post office, buy the necessary stamps to stick to the envelope and send it off. However, it was hard to tell when the receiver would get the mail; it could be days, weeks or even months!
Times have changed and letters may not be as common as they once were, but post offices are still up and running and fully functional. A post office is a place where people can send their mails (letters or packages of items) from one place to another. You can send mail nearly anywhere in the world now.
How the postal service works:
People who use postal services pay in advance. The senders make a small payment to send the mail; the heavier the mail, the more it costs. People mail their letters and packages by taking them directly to the post office. At the post office, postal workers sort the mail by size and type. Then they will stamp it with the date of when it was received. Then the mail is sorted according to its destination (i.e. the place where it is going). The mail is sent by truck, train, ship, or aeroplane. At the destination, the postman delivers the mail to each address on the cover.
Here’s a fun activity for you. Maria has come to the post office to collect one of her packages because no one was home when the delivery person came to drop it off. Compare the two images and spot all the differences.
