Nefertari married at the young age of 13. She married 15-year-old Ramses II‚ who later become known as the famous Ramses II the Great. Nefertari was likely a noblewoman‚ but not a member of the royal family. It is thought that she may have been a cousin or younger sister of Nefertiti. Nefertari lived in Egypt from the year 1295-1255 BC and during her lifetime she had at least five children. One of which was Ramses first child. According to Egyptian tradition‚ Ramses II most likely practiced
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ART HISTORY LECTURE NOTES 1 AH1.1 (I) Early Civilizations: PRE-HISTORICAL ART -art before historical documentation 3 periods of Pre-Historical art (The Stone Ages/Megalithic) -Paleolithic (32000-15000BC) -Mesolithic (15000-8000BC) -Neolithic (8000-1500BC) Forms of art -cave wall painting -chattel art -mobilary: figurings Characteristics -crude and unrefined -organic and of earth pigments Contents -bisons‚ horses -hunting‚ tribal wars -funeral scenes Important sites
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Deciphering the Rosetta stone and Bankes Obelisk was very important as it held information of the Egyptians and their language. It would also allow archaeologists to discover the true origins of the world. The stone was translated in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs‚ Demotic and Ancient Greek. Thomas Young’s approach was to use mathematics to decipher the hieroglyphs by counting the number of times the Greek words appear‚ he can then look for groups of symbols occurring the same number of times which
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Southern Kingdoms of Nubia and Kush. Ramesses used slaves from these conquered lands of Syria‚ the Hititties‚ the Elamites‚ as well as other Levantine states to erect massive temples and shrines in his holiness’ name. These sites are located in Abu Simbel‚ which is located in the South mainly to show the people of Kush that Ramesses may die but he will leave your lands. However‚ the most significant out of all of his state-building sites were at the cities of Luxor and Karnak which bordered the Blue
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characteristic of the early Christian basilicas‚ however‚ these simple walls were only the outer shell to a vast and elaborate interior. This is quite different in style and function from the New Kingdom Temples‚ such as the Great Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel‚ whose façade exhibits colossal rock cut figures and pylon gates. Unlike early Christians‚ most Egyptians were not even permitted to enter their temples‚ and thus could only appreciate them from their exteriors. This intimidating exterior was
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Which of the following would attest to the sophistication of ancient Egyptian society in 3500 BCE? tomb remains Which of the following cultures could have been influential in the Predynastic tomb painting‚ People‚ Boats‚ and Animals? Sumer The ancient Egyptians believed the unification of Egypt took place in a single great event. Which of the following is a record of that great event? Palette of Narmer Which of the following provided the principal information regarding the reconstruction
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other pharaoh. We owe most of our Egyptian world wonders to the success of his life as a ruler. His most impressive monument wasn’t a pyramid or sphinx. It was his face carved out of sandstone in a cliff that faced east‚ in ancient Nubia. Although Abu Simbel is his most
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treaty was signed whereby the contested lands were divided and Ramses agreed to marry the daughter of the Hittite king. <br> <br>The remaining years of his rule were distinguished by the construction of such monuments as the rock-hewn temple of Abû Simbel‚ the great hypostyle hall in the Temple of Amon at Al Karnak‚ and the mortuary temple at Thebes‚ known as Ramesseum. <br> <br>Ramses III (reigned 1182-1151 BC)‚ Egyptian king of the 20th dynasty‚ a great military leader who repeatedly saved the
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destroy with the same strength‚ or the fact that time always wins. It is impossible to do something against this fatality. “Ozymandias” is an ancient Greek name for Ramses II from Egypt. Ramses II was known for his big constructions like the temple of Abu Simbel.
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ASWAN Dam Project 1843 - A barrage sponsored and completed by the Albanian founder of modern Egypt‚ Mohammed Ali‚ was built. 1882-1890 British engineers helped implement the dam project and began working on the original dam of Aswan. The "low" dam. 1905 – Dam was completed Reconstructed in 1912 and 1933 it was still deemed to be inefficient due to the threats of severe Nile flooding and a second dam was seen as necessary 1948 - Adrien Daninas of Egypt proposed the "high" Aswan dam Financial
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