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    Akhenaten Painting Style

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    1. Compare and contrast painting and sculpture from the Fourth Dynasty with that of the reign of Akhenaten.You must use the provided examples (your textbook) to support your essay. In the Fourth Dynasty the art consisted of mainly architecture and sculptures. The famous pyramid structure during this time were more smooth on the sides because of their new layering technique‚ a good example in our book is figure 3.8 Model of the Great pyramids on page 57. One additional feature of the landmark of

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    The comparison between the Head of Senusret III and Khafre is that they both ruled Egypt. Both sculptures where found in temple where their tombs were located. Also‚ their sculptures were use as The differences between the Head of Senusret III and Khafre is that they were made in different time periods. The first phot which is the Head of Senusret III was made during the Middle Kingdom and the photo‚ Khafre was made in the Old Kingdom. Even though Senusret III and Khafre were both pharaohs of Egypt

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    King Tut's Stereotypes

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    On November 26‚ 1922‚ Howard Carter poked a hole in a sealed door and became the first person to enter the tomb of King Tut in 3‚000 years. Tut’s tomb was special because it was the most complete tomb ever found. Grave robbers had disturbed other tombs scientists had discovered‚ but King Tut’s looked the way it did thousands of years ago‚ when it was sealed. 2The keeper of the archive of Carter’s excavation explained why finding the entire‚ untouched tomb was important. He said‚ “We can study how

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    There are many theories on how the Stonehenge monument was created. Folklore depicts a story of wizardry‚ following the Arthurian legend. The old story states that the massive stones were magically transported from Ireland to England‚ where giants worked to assemble them. Regardless of the theory‚ Stonehenge is a Neolithic structure that stands in England to this day. It is estimated that it was 1500 years in the making. However‚ the questions remains how a civilization without modern technology

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    EGYPT AND THE PYRAMIDS Has it ever occurred to anyone who was the mastermind behind the great pyramids? Who could have built such a magnificent structure back then with such poor construction‚ transportation and organization. Well‚ I strongly advocate the concept of Egyptians building the Great Pyramids because there is plenty of evidence conveying

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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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    Pyramids and Ziggurats

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    Pyramids and ziggurats both provide archeologists with a great deal of information about the ancient cultures that constructed them. When comparing The Great Pyramids of Egypt with The Ziggurats of Mesopotamia and the Mesoamerican Pyramids‚ the differences between them are more apparent than the similarities that they share. The structures only appear to be similar. Both have the general form of a pyramid. Some other similarities shared by these structures can be interpreted from a religious context

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    Compulsory English Grade 10 Full marks : 75 Time: 2:15 hours Pass marks: 24 1. Read the following poem and do the activities that follow. 5 Breathes there the man‚ with soul so dead‚ Who never to himself hath said‚ “This is my own‚ my native land

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    White Temple‚ Uruk (Iraq) – C.3200 BCE‚ was one of the most important places in Southern Mesopotamia. The arrangement of the Sumerian cities echoed the dominant role of the gods in daily life. According to (Kleiner)‚ the White Temple was built more than five years ago and its city had a population of more than 40‚000 people. Moreover‚ the city was formed with the foremost temples to each kingdom’s leading god. The builders of the White Temple did not have the access to the stones therefore‚ they

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    Nefertiti Bust Analysis

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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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