Examining a Moche Stirrup Jar At the Polk Museum exhibit I was struck by a Moche ceramic artifact titled “Stirrup Jar with Fanged Deity Effigy‚ Early Intermediate Period‚ 400-600 CE”. The base of the jar was molded into a sphere (with a flat bottom surface) which acts as the “body”‚ sporting painted arms and items held within each hand. The deity also appears to be wearing some kind of cloak‚ most notably indicated by the bow that is tied at the base of its neck. The head of the creature is
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This building is known as the Fishbourne Roman Palace‚ located in the village of Fishbourne‚ Chichester in West Sussex and was built around first century AD. Scholars believe the British client king Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus was most likely the owner of the palace and gardens. Cogidubnus was a ‘Roman groomed’ Briton who was in control of party of southern Britain around this time. This image displays a plan for the palace mapped out through excavation done by Barry Cunliffe in 1960s. It gives
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ANGELES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Mac Arthur Highway‚ 2011 Angeles City‚ Philippines COLLEGE OF NURSING A.Y 2010-2011 THe flood of noah and the flood of gilgamesh IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN HUMANITIES Submitted by: Letran‚ Rachelle Anne S. BSN 11 – 6 Submitted to: Mrs. dorothy joy macaranas (PROFESSOR) Submitted on: April 28‚ 2011 ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Skeptics claim that the flood
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- ----------------------- Dialectical Notes on Chapter 2 Text -meso=land btwn 2 rivers -first cities: Uruk‚ Ur‚ Kish‚ Nippur‚ Lagash] Sumer -unpredictable flooding -exposed w/ no geo barriers so attacks from nomads -changes of weather -mood of fear and insecurity GODS -gods assoc. w/ nature and forces -gods were fierce and capricious -myths w/ woe -cosmology w/ chaos and conflict -The Babylonian Creation=sumerian poem creation explained thru spontaneous generation‚ then there was
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Retrieving the Plant by Malachi Coan‚ 6th Grade The valiant king of Urek‚ Gilgamesh‚ was on his last quest. He wanted to find out how to live forever. He had been searching for months through colossal mountains and past scorching deserts‚ and had learned about the Plant of Eternal Life found in the deepest‚ darkest part of the ocean. After discovering that the Euphrates River would carry him to his destination‚ he tied rocks to his ankles and plunged into the icy cold
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Lilith Lilith‚ in Jewish folklore‚ demon that is an enemy of newborn children. The name Lilith is etymologically related to the Sumerian word lil (wind)‚ not to the Hebrew word laylah (night)‚ as was long supposed. Like the Sumerian wind demon and its later Babylonian counterpart‚ Lilith was regarded as a succubus‚ or female version of the incubus. In the popular imagination‚ Lilith eventually became confused with Lamashtu‚ the Babylonian child-slaying demon. The only biblical reference to Lilith
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Anatoliy Sirotinsky Professor Norris World Literature 14 October 2010 The Past Disproving the Present In today’s primarily Judeo-Christian society nearly every person has knowledge of Noah’s Ark and the associated flood story but‚ only a handful of those people have been exposed to the flood story in The Epic of Gilgamesh. By observing the similarities in both stories one should come to realize that one of these stories must have been written before the other. According to Britannica‚ the
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Stories of creation exist in every religion and have been passed down for generations in their respective cultures. Striking similarities are readily seen between the Book of Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh of the Hebrews and Sumerians respectively. Both sources include a tale of a great flood that was to clear the earth of its inhabitants. Although the Epic of Gilgamesh predates the Book of Genesis by hundreds of years‚ the Sumerian text probably had a profound influence over the latter. Genesis
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Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar was a king of Babylon during 630-562 B.C. He was the oldest son of king Nabopolassar. Nabopolassar was a Chaldean leader who led a revolt against Assyrian rule in 625 B.C. Under Nebuchadnezzar ’s rule many achievements were made in the city of Babylon. At the time of Nebuchadnezzar‚ the city of Babylon spread out on both sides of the Euphrates River. He ruled 45 years out of the 70 years that the city of Babylon was truly in existence. Nebuchadnezzar was unstoppable
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The Handing Garden Of Babylon There have 7 ancient wonders of the world. A reference to the Babylon civilization‚ the first imagination is “The Hanging Gardens.” It was so mystical and historical. I am going to tell people what are the history and nowadays of Hanging Gardens. There are two so beautiful and charming legends occurred many years ago. Neo- Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II Married Amyitis for the queen. The King loved the queen very much‚ but the queen was gradually sad. King did
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