by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | Jun 11, 2020 | Explorer Blog
To celebrate Ancient Explorer’s 3rd birthday, we are holding a Solve the Mystery Competition. Read on to find out more about it and how your child can enter. Who is our new member of Team Ancient Explorer? Here, in my art studio, I am adding the finishing...
by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | Jun 9, 2020 | Explorer Blog
In the coming weeks, I will be releasing my next myths and legend video on YouTube called The Sky Maiden. The short video features a reading of an Inkan poem written by Garcilaso de la Vega in the 17th century. H.V.Livermore translated the poem into English and it...
by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | May 11, 2020 | Explorer Blog
In the ancient Andes, the Moon was a venerated as a goddess and the Inka called her Mama Quilla. Mama Quilla will feature in my next short video, which I started work on this week. This video, called The Sky Maiden, will be included in our new Myth and Legends...
by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | Apr 21, 2020 | Explorer Blog
Are you looking for interesting craft activity to do while at home? In this post, I explain how to make photographic collages of your adventures. As I discovered recently, this is a fun activity that doesn’t require a lot of resources. Over the past fifteen years, I...
by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | Nov 25, 2019 | Explorer Blog, Notes From the Field
Art is a portal into other modes of being. When stressed, for example, drawing or painting can help us enter a more relaxed state. Meanwhile, by closely studying a subject, such as a person, animal, plant or object, we gain essential information about their...
by Dr Lisa Dunbar Solas | Sep 9, 2019 | Explorer Blog, Notes From the Field
Drawing and painting illustrations of artefacts are one of my favourite past times. Artefacts are objects made or shaped by people. My interest in artefact illustration developed naturally after working in Peru as an archaeologist. Later, while working with children...
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