Ancient artifacts - Fascinating finds that inform...

[HUBE007]

I wonder at the idea of children playing with toys in antiquity.  How did they pretend?  What did they echo in their play?  How far did their imaginations "go?"

I find it weird that my first imaginations are of how to restore these artifacts from the state they were found in.  It must be a fascinating skill set. 

It had never occurred to me that toys get used up and discarded... I guess I never thought about it... but now that I do, I realize any of my old toys are currently reduced to rust dust, plastic chunks, and strips of string and cloth... anthropologists of the future might never know... except for the random GI Joe foot, arm, or other rigid plastic debris.

I think about this all the time while watching my youngest boy that is 7 play with his toys. Much of his "play" stems from movies we have seen and action heroes he enjoys.

With ancients having a very limited scope of the world (assuming they did not travel much in those times from the place they were born till death) how far could ones mind really travel without the help of meditation or first hand experiences they could not have of the wider world.

Then my thoughts go to just that, did the ancients practice meditation at an early age only to master its use by the time they were "of age" thus why they were able to create such absolute marvels in todays eyes? I bet if we as a society meditated regularly and made it more mainstream our entire landscape and overall mindset of the world we created would be unrecognizable to us all.  Great post...