One of the amazing civilization in the world which is ancient Egypt‚ it was full and rich in culture including government‚ religion‚ arts‚ and writing. Moreover ‚ Egypt become know from the great pyramids of the Old Kingdom ‚ archaeologists ‚ historical buildings and also draws attention about a huge world of litters‚ some writing ‚ mathematical problem by Rosetta stone ‚ by hieroglyphics which is the important and the basic description of ancient Egypt ‚it was discovered by Champollion in 1820s
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Two Giants of Time The Parthenon in Athens and the Pantheon in Rome are two of the greatest pieces of architectural and historical masterpieces. Both structures were created to be a place of worship not only for one but many different gods. These two buildings are 1‚280.2 kilometers apart but they had so much in common. Similarities in the two buildings is the vast number of columns built. The columns in Parthenon were carved out of blocks stacked on top of each other‚ whereas the ones used
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“Nefertiti” the size of the bust is 19 inches high. The representation of the bust is 3D. The bust was found in Thutmose’s workshop in Amarna‚ Egypt. It is now present at the Neues museum in Berlin. Nefertiti represents the civilization of the east bank of the Nile River which was during the new kingdom. The bust was created around 1340 BC. The crafter Thutmose created the bust in his workshop‚ but the reason why the bust was made is unknown. It’s assumed that it was made to be a model to be used
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In order for an idea or an object to be a classified as great discovery‚ it needs to have a resounding impact on millions of lives. Housed on the ground floor of the British Museum‚ usually surrounded by a crowd of people‚ is the greatest discovery of all time‚ the Rosetta Stone. In 1799‚ when Napoleon’s army was dismantling a wall in Rashid‚ Egypt‚ they discovered the Rosetta Stone. It was chiseled with inscriptions in two different languages‚ Egyptian and Greek‚ using three scripts‚ hieroglyphs
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Copper is one of the few metals that have been mined for more than 100 decades globally. According to M.G.C Wilson (1989) copper has been mined since the early 3000 BC in Cyprus. In the ancient times copper was used for making tools‚ weapons‚ ornaments and many household utensils. Copper is the third most widely used metal after aluminium (Al) and iron (Fe) because of its high durability (Doebrich et.al‚2009). In the Southern African region copper has been extracted by the early inhabitants long
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The Stonehenge original purpose may never be truly known but even so‚ archaeologists have thought up of theories to why this monument was erected. The most influential theories explain that the monument may have been to keep track of the movement of the sun‚ as a cemetery for the elite‚ a healing place‚ or a team building exercise. The Stonehenge is located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire‚ England. It is believed that construction started around 3000 B.C.‚ in the Neolithic Period‚ and lasted through
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- = Primeval Mound = - By Sophia Stiles Dear Paradox‚ Here I am at Egypt again‚ sent on another mission. However‚ this time I got to research something of my choice‚ so I chose the Primeval Mound. Below is a transcript of the interview I had with a man named Aruk who offered to explain to me what the Primeval Mound was in the temple of Karnak. Just so you know‚ later we took and break and continued our interview outside the temple‚ not the inside. Hope you enjoy! - = + = - Aruk: So‚ foreigner
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Review 1 Piotr Taracha. “THE SCULPTURES OF ALACAHÖYÜK: A Key to Religious Symbolism in Hittite Representational Art”. Near Eastern Archaeology 75.2 (2012): 108–115. Web... Summary In the article “The sculptures of Alacahoyuk: A key to religious symbolism in Hittite representational art”‚ a Professor of Hittitology‚ Piotr Taracha‚ proposes that Alacahoyuk was one of The Hittites holy cities. According to Piotr Taracha‚ Alacahoyuk is located in Northern Anatolia just above the capital‚ Hattusa
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Decision Making Professor Kennedy Abraham Maslow ’s human motivation theory Abraham Maslow ’s human motivation theory identifies that people have different needs that should be arranged as a pyramid in a specific order‚ there are five levels in the pyramid self-actualization is at the top of the pyramid which he called Being Need. Underneath self-actualization there are four other types of needs; esteem needs belongingness and love needs‚ safety needs‚ biological and psychological needs which
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Case study A blue paint layer sample was collected from the wall decorations of the mortuary temple of Ramesses III (Medinet Habu. This temple is one of the largest memorial temples in Egypt. It measures 320 m in length (east to west) and about 200 m in width (north to south)‚ built with order of the Pharaoh Ramesses III (c.1184–1151 BC the 20th Dynasty). The micro-XRF spectrometer (SPECTRO‚ COPRA model) used to analyze the sample includes a side-window X-ray tube with Mo anode (Oxford Instruments
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