https://padlet.com/isac_shattuck_24/vi19qvsks5k8 Made with the best of intentions en-us 2018-04-10 13:09:19 UTC 2023-04-16 09:22:02 UTC hello@padlet.com isac_shattuck_24 https://padlet.com/isac_shattuck_24/vi19qvsks5k8/wish/250252879 The people of Indus Valley Civilization loved games and toy Flat stones with engraved grid markings and playing pieces have been found, which shows that the Indus people may have played an early form of chess.s. ]]> 2018-04-10 13:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/isac_shattuck_24/vi19qvsks5k8/wish/250252879 isac_shattuck_24 https://padlet.com/isac_shattuck_24/vi19qvsks5k8/wish/251118911 The most commonly found artifact in the Indus Valley civilization is jewelry. Both men and women adorned themselves with a large variety of ornaments produced from every conceivable material ranging from precious metals and gemstones to bone and baked clay.]]> 2018-04-12 13:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/isac_shattuck_24/vi19qvsks5k8/wish/251118911 isac_shattuck_24 https://padlet.com/isac_shattuck_24/vi19qvsks5k8/wish/251121039 It is widely accepted that the Harappan people worshipped a Mother Goddess, in addition to other fertility and phallic symbols.The recovery of a large number of Mother Goddess figurines, from almost every excavated site, suggests that Mother Goddess worship or the fertility cult was widespread and popular in the civilization.]]> 2018-04-12 13:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/isac_shattuck_24/vi19qvsks5k8/wish/251121039 isac_shattuck_24 https://padlet.com/isac_shattuck_24/vi19qvsks5k8/wish/251124777 Scientists from IIT-Kharagpur and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have recently uncovered evidence that the Indus Valley civilization is at least 8,000 years old and not 5,500 years old as earlier believed. This discovery, published in the prestigious Nature journal on May 25, 2016, makes it not just older than the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilisations but also the oldest in the world!]]> 2018-04-12 13:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/isac_shattuck_24/vi19qvsks5k8/wish/251124777 isac_shattuck_24 https://padlet.com/isac_shattuck_24/vi19qvsks5k8/wish/251126518 Excavations have yielded 57 burials of different types, in which bodies were disposed of in brick-lined rectangular or oval pits cut into the ground along with the grave goods such as jewelry, seals, and pottery. In Ropar, a man was found buried with a dog!

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