Walk through the Akeley Gallery Hall, where a temporary exhibition of photographs of Bedouin life portrays Petra's present-day inhabitants.

Compare the elephants in the Hall of Asian Mammals with those in the Akeley Hall of African Mammals. Which more closely resemble the elephant capitals on display in the Petra exhibition? For your answer, sketch and describe the evidence.

Visit the Hall of Asian Peoples.

• Consider what the Golden Wares of Samarkand display shows about trade routes established in the time of Alexander the Great.
• Investigate the Bedouin way of life by observing the tent in the case to your right, and the figure and diagrams in the case next to it. Do the two statuettes resemble any in the Petra exhibit?

Explore the Hall of Planet Earth to learn where and why earthquakes occur. Ask students to view the Earth Bulletin and determine the relationship between plate tectonics and recent earthquakes in the Middle East.