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eSkeletons
E Skeletons: Baboon
This interactive, digital laboratory provides students with a way to examine and learn about the skeletal anatomy of the Baboon.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Baboons
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Baboons (Papio), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this genus and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.
Josie's Poems
Josie's Poems: "The Bestest Baboon"
A poem about a baboon who takes a trip to the moon.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Baboon Kohl Pot
The pot for kohl, an eye paint used to enhance beauty and protect the eyes, has a high neck, bulging belly, and a spout that is flanked by a baboon.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Thoth as a Baboon
The statue portrays the god Thoth as an African baboon.
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Eternal Egypt: Group of Two Baboons
This sculpture portrays a young baboon walking in front of its mother. It might have been part of a child's toy.
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Eternal Egypt: Group of Three Baboons
A group of three domesticated baboons are depicted sitting in various postures. The artist realistically conveys the characteristics of the animals through several imaginative and skillful techniques.
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Eternal Egypt: Baboon of the God Thoth
This statue of the baboon of Thoth, represents the deity seated with all the details of the face, the mane, and the hair covering the upper part of the body while leaving the fingers visible. The statue is adorned with a broad pectoral...
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Eternal Egypt: Ostracon of Bull and Baboon
This ostracon depicts a bull and a baboon, executed with brush strokes in black and red pigments on a rough limestone flake.
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Eternal Egypt: Toy Statuette of Baboons
This toy statuette is of a small monkey on the back of its mother. These figures are so well sculpted that the mother's feminine features are easily visible.
eSkeletons
E Skeletons Project
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the eSkeletons Project provides interactive views of bones. Various menus allow you to review the bones of the human skeleton and compare them to the bone structures of nine primates.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Kenyan Discovery: Let There Be Lights to Save Lions" by Nina Gregory
Kenya is a country in East Africa; the capital city, Nairobi, is well-known for its National Park: the world's only game reserve found within a major city. The park's large wildlife population includes baboons, rhinos, gazelles, zebras,...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Primate
Wikipedia offers several paragraphs of information on the term, "Primate," including a species chart and hyperlinked terms.
Curated OER
Baboon Blood Crystals, 1871
The technique of photographing objects observed under a microscope is discussed in this succinct site. Various pictures taken under a microscope are displayed on this site as well.
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Eternal Egypt: Seated Statue of the God Thoth
The god of writing and wisdom was Thoth depicted as a baboon. He was also identified with the moon Iah, and was called "Lord of the Moon Eye." On the head of the baboon, personifying Thoth, are both the sun disk and the crescent moon...
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Ptolemy the First
This relief represents King Ptolemy the First standing and making offerings to Thoth. Thoth is represented in his sacred forms, the baboon and the ibis.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Entrance of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel
Four colossal 20 meter statues of the pharaoh with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt decorate the facade of the temple, which is 35 meters wide and is topped by a frieze with 22 baboons, worshippers of the sun and flank the...