21st Century Education practice: Tutankhamun Exhibition in Cologne (DE)

A cultural holiday in Cologne (Germany) in 2011.

Visiting the Tutankhamun Exhibition in Cologne (Germany) in January 2011. A small report about that exhibition and about Cologne in Germany as also a bit history around it…

This was a Knol created on January 30, 2011 and migrated to WordPress Annotum on June 30, 2012.

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Tutankhamun Exhibition in Cologne (DE)

Tutankhamun Tutankhamun – his tomb and his treasures…     EXPO XXI – Gladbacher Wall 5           until 20th, March 2011 A sensational discovery 88 years ago turned the unknown pharaoh Tutankhamun into a superstar. In 1922, the archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the burial chambers of the ancient Egyptian king with their vast treasures – an event that caused a worldwide sensation. The story of Tutankhamun fascinates people to this day. His mysterious, premature death and unique legacy are the stuff of legend. The exhibition shows the world’s only museum-quality replica of mankind’s most fascinating tomb and its treasures. Now, for the first time, after 88 years it offers the opportunity to visit the tomb three-dimensionally in its original state. Welcome to the Valley of Kings in Cologne: The Exhibition Web Site Keywords:  Egyptology, Egypt, History, Exhibitions, Culture, Geography, Germany, Cologne, Tourist Guide, constructive and educational holidays,…

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The Exhibition In Pictures…

Inside the exhibition: it is allowed to take photos inside that exhibition, but without using the flash. So profit from it, I did… Photos below are my propriety and there is also a copyright message in the photos. If you find a photo where you think that there is no viewable copyright in it, take care… There might be a hidden one 😉 . . Or, maybe some Steganography??? Address: EXPO XXI – Gladbacher Wall 5           until 20th, March 2011

Tutankhamun Exhibition in Cologne (DE) on January 2011

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While enjoying the Picasa-Slide-Show, please listen to the music in the music-videos below, make your choice…

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Cologne (Germany)

Text from Wikipedia: Cologne (Köln in German) is Germany’s fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants (that is 20 times more than Luxembourg has inhabitants). It is one of the oldest cities in Germany, having been founded by the Ubii in the year 38 BC. The name is derived from that of the Roman settlement, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.

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More information from Wikipedia here: Cologne

• Visit Cologne Germany
• Cologne (Köln) in Germany

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Where Is The Exhibition?

Address: EXPO XXI – Gladbacher Wall 5           until 20th, March 2011 Impressionen zur Ausstellung Tutanchamun – Sein Grab und die Schätze Other places: Melbourne April 2011 Minnesota (USA) 18 February 2011 … see also National Geographics Events for other exhibitions…

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How To Find A Good Hotel???

As we are living in 21st Century, so best is to choose an hotel over Internet, here below some good addresses to do so:

• BOOKING.COM
• TRIVAGO (multilingual)
• TRIPADVISOR (multilingual)
• VirtualTourist
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Tips And Tricks For Visiting Cologne…

Amateurs of museums would love Cologne because Cologne is home of more than 30 museums. What visitors of museums should know is that it is not allowed to bring in the museums handbags, nor photo bags…

Cologne is nice to explore by walking, make sure to book a hotel not too far away from the cathedral, otherwise take the suburban, the S-Bahn… You may also use sometimes the taxi, they have fair prices in Cologne, e.g: from the cathedral to the exhibition XXI the costs were 9 € (25.01.2011)…

Use also VirtualTourist to find out what other visitors say about Cologne…

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Warnings and dangers:

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There are a lot of bikers in Cologne and on the pavement they have their special lane, watch out. If not used to it you might get an accident with a bike while walking on the pavement (it nearly happen 3 times to me…). The pavements in Cologne are broader than usually and this allows a special lane for bikers on the pavement, a very good solution, the bikes are not on the road and they can drive safely…

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A must-see in Cologne is also the Hard Rock-Café…

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While enjoying the Picasa-Slide-Show, please listen to the music in the music-videos below, make your choice…

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Restaurants:

• Farmer’s Steak-House (close to the cathedral)
• Colina Cuba Restaurant (best grilled steak I ever eat…), also very good red wines…
• • Colinas Web Site
  • Gastro Guide
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Pubs and “Kneipen” (Cafés in Cologne):

My favorites…

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• Weisser Holunder
• Irish Pubs in Cologne
• Jameson Pub (Friesenstrasse)
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This Irish Pub has the specialty that it shows football matches in 3D on TV. My first experience with a 3D TV. Customers who want to watch the emissions in 3D ask the bar stuff and they will get furnished 3D glasses…

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Related links:

• Exhibition Web Site
• Zahi HAWASS (THE Egyptology specialist)
• Tutankhamun Wikipedia (… should be updated)
• Egyptian Museum Cairo
• KINGTUT
• Ancient Egypt for juniors
• KINGTUTONE
• GEOLINO for Kids in German (DE)
• Cologne Tourism
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Related Books

• TUTANKHAMUN-His Tomb And His Treasures (Exhibition Catalogue) ISBN 978-3-00-025608-0
• TUTANKHAMUN-Sein Grab und die Schätze (Begleitbuch zur Ausstellung für Kinder und Jugendliche) ISBN 978-3-9813010-3-8

News:

• Unrest puts Cairo museum at risk (31.01.2011)
• Looters smash treasures and mummies in Egyptian Museum (01.02.2011)
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Interesting Videos and information…

Explore the videos to find out more about the “Golden Boy Pharaoh“… More interesting than dry texts…

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Akhenaten, King Tut, and the Shock of the New… Akhenaten, King Tut, and the Shock of the New… Image Source (Screenshot)	Dr. Hawass in the Valley of the Kings: part 1/2 Dr. Hawass in the Valley of the Kings: part 1/2 Image Source (Screenshot)	Dr. Hawass in the Valley of the Kings: part 2/2 Dr. Hawass in the Valley of the Kings: part 2/2 Image Source (Screenshot)
King Tut Unwrapped – DNA Extraction  King Tut Unwrapped – DNA Extraction | Behind the Scenes Image Source (Screenshot)	Tutankhamun secrets revealed Tutankhamun secrets revealed Image Source (Screenshot)	Life and Death of King TutLife and Death of King Tut Image Source (Screenshot)
Drilling under the Sphinx (Featuring Dr Zahi Hawass and Dr Mark Lehner) Drilling under the Sphinx (Featuring Dr Zahi Hawass and Dr Mark Lehner) Image Source (Screenshot)	King Tut’s DNA | Royal Blood King Tut Unwrapped – King Tut’s DNA | Royal Blood Image Source (Screenshot)	King Tut’s face revealed King Tut’s face revealed Image Source (Screenshot)

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King Tut’s Mystery Tomb Opened….King Tut’s Mystery Tomb Opened Image Source (Screenshot)	King Tut – The Boy King’s Treasures….King Tut – The Boy King’s Treasures Image Source (Screenshot)	King Tut – The Robbing of King Tut’s Tomb  King Tut – The Robbing of King Tut’s Tomb Image Source (Screenshot)
Secret of The Pyramids 1/2….Secret of The Pyramids 1/2 Image Source (Screenshot)	Secret of The Pyramids 2/2 Secret of The Pyramids 2/2 Image Source (Screenshot)	The Mummification Process….The Mummification Process Image Source (Screenshot)
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Funny Learning For Kids, With Music-Videos, Enjoy 😉

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International Information About Egyptology…

Please find here very interesting links to related articles about Egypt and his history…

• Versteckte Kammern entdeckt? Neue Erkenntnisse zur Konstruktion der Cheops-Pyramide… in German (use translation tools, please…)
• Discovery Channel
• Science Museum
  • Science Museum Tutankhamun

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HowTo use exhibitions for education

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First I created this blog for my own purpose, but then I thought also about on publishing it on a way as that it could get used as an idea on HowTo for education. That’s why you will find that much information on it, it’s created as a multidisciplinary blog and could get used as a sort of template for others in education…

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You will find not only a description of the exhibition, but also information about the City Cologne as of the Country Germany as well as information about Egyptology and more… So it’s a valuable source…

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That’s what you should do also with your learners, students when visiting an exhibition:

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• let them take photos (when authorized only!)
• let them create a blog about it, as I did here, and let them express their thoughts and impressions…
• ask them to bring in also information about the country (or state…)
• ask them to bring in also information about the global theme (here it was Egyptology)…
• ask them also to bring in music videos as a bit entertainment (you will motivate them…) related to that theme…
• ask them to create also slideshows…
• show them HowTo promote their blogs through Social Medias such as Twitter…
  • http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence?q=hashtags
  • http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence
  • http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching
  • http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?q=What+is+Creativity%3F
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• show them HowTo use curation to collect their information through Twitter, Facebook, RSS News and…
  • https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/learning-to-learn-is-21st-century-teaching-and-learning-challenge/
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• show them HowTo they can create best quality blogs by using different techniques:
  • Creating tables to display multiple videos
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Look at following keywords to find out about what you should think about and what this sort of blogs will result in. . Keywords: creativity, motivation, self-learning,  autodidact, critical thinking, engaging, competences, multimedia skills, social media skills, learning to learn, culture, history, rich multimedia, problem solving (finding hotels, finding best places to go out, finding best restaurants…), organization skills, learning to live in other countries, multicultural, using tables to display lots of videos for better presentation,  .

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Stay tuned for next free courses…

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