Nefer-shemes The Statue Group of Nen-kheft-ka and His Wife‚ Nefer-shemes was found in a rock-cut tomb at Deshasheh and sculpted by an unknown Egyptian artist in 2350 BC. The artist uses all aspects of composition to convey Egyptian dominance. Using a Standard Egyptian Scale‚ the figures were carved in proportions seen to be ideal by the Egyptians. The sculpture was carved out of limestone. It was richly painted with brightly colored paint. Now‚ only traces of the paint are visible. This piece
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The first pharaoh Menes united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into a unified kingdom. The period of time after Menes unified Egypt is known as the Old Kingdom. “Old Kingdom” Egypt was a period in which Egyptians produced large amounts of art and began a new system of religious beliefs. The Egyptians were polytheistic. Meaning that they believed in numerous gods‚ some of which were more powerful and important than other gods. The most important god in Egypt was Amon-Ra‚ the creator of everything and
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Mesopotamia (1) Some of the Mesopotamia cities were Ur‚ Hatra‚ Samarra‚ Nineveh‚ Lasgash‚ Nasiriyah‚ Assur‚ etc. The people within the cities were well known for the metal work‚ wooden textiles‚ and stoneware. (2) Mesopotamia’s government is known as theocracy‚ it consisted of each city having its own chief‚ working under a single ruler. (3) The Mesopotamia’s religion was polytheistic‚ the people strongly had a belief that the ziggurats connected heaven and earth. The gods or goddesses had
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era. First‚ the Great Pyramid of Giza‚ one of the Seven Wonders of the World‚ maybe the greatest piece of evidence that Ancient Astronauts have visited Earth. Ray Alex‚ author of “Egyptian Archaeologist Admits that the Pyramids Contain UFO Technology”‚ has found in ancient hieroglyphs where the Egyptians state “the pyramids where built in an age when "sky gods" came down to Earth and raised the land from mud and water. These “sky gods” flew through the air in flying "boats" that brought laws
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Religion was a very important part of life for the Ancient Egyptians. They worshipped hundreds of different gods and goddesses. They built big temples in their honour. They believed in an afterlife and mummified their dead so they could live forever. The Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods and goddesses. Each god was responsible for a different aspect of Ancient Egyptian life. For example‚ Seshat was the goddess of writing and Nun was the god of primeval chaos. Some of the earliest gods were
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4. Egyptian Case Studies Azza El-Shinnawy and Heba Handoussa INTRODUCTION This chapter presents three cases of recent foreign investment in Egypt. In the case of the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (MobiNil)‚ an international consortium takes over a state-run mobile phone service‚ and modernises its operations in a rapidly growing and transforming market. The local partner subsequently becomes a regional player in Africa and the Middle East. Glaxo Smith Kline‚ a leading pharmaceutical firm
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is located about 3km from the centre of El-Kharga Oasis in the western desert of Egypt. El-Bagawat is perhaps the oldest major Christian cemetery in the world; it is dating back to the 4th century AD‚ which were built over the site of an earlier Egyptian necropolis of pit graves. The architectural style of the 263 tomb-chapels varies from simple one-room structures to family mausoleums with ornate façades enhanced with faux columns and arches and domed roofs. Although many of the chapels were undecorated
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anatomical perfection and realism borrowing artistic elements from other cultures such as the Greeks. Though the artistic styles of ancient Egypt and early Roman art vary widely‚ the underlying symbolism remains the same. This is clear in both the Egyptian Sculpture Vizier (Figure 1) and the Roman sculpture Bust of and Unknown Man (Figure 2). Where the ideas and concepts of both sculptures are essentially the same‚ their vastly different styles are evident of the time periods in which they were made
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Back in Ancient Egypt mummification and tomb preparation were both very important to Egyptian Society. Mummification was getting the body ready for burial‚ while the tomb preparation was setting up the room you stayed in. During mummification the heart‚ lungs‚ liver‚ and spleen were taken out from the body and placed into canopic jars. The body was stuffed‚ and then set to dry out with a preservative on called Natron; which would lie out for around 60 days. After‚ the body would be wrapped in cloth
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“Egyptians” back in time If there was a possibility to go back in time and be part of history I would go back to Egyptian time. In the time of Egyptians‚ were ruled by a Pharaoh that command and controlled the people his way. By this being said the people (the Sumerians) who were slaves to do the hard work were the same people that lived on the other side of the land. Why would I go back in that time period? Well mostly because I always found Egypt and Egyptians really
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