properly glorify him in the afterlife led to the creation‚ by his brilliant architect Imhotep‚ of the first pyramid (Knight et al. 2000). When most people hear the word “pyramid “ then instantly think about the Great Pyramids of Giza. The Great Pyramids of Giza are located on the west side of the Nile near modern-day Cairo. They are an architectural marvel that has survived for centuries. The Old Kingdom is known is historical context as the beginning of the fall of the Egyptian Civilization
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The Early Dynastic Period is an interval toward the beginning of what is routinely viewed as the historical backdrop of Ancient Egypt. It was the finish of the developmental phase of the Ancient Egyptian culture that started hundreds of years before the time of Prehistory. It was throughout this period that the celestial majesty turned out to be settled as Egypt’s type of government‚ and with it‚ a whole culture that would remain for all intents and purposes unaltered for the following three thousand
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MICRO-RAMAN ANALYSIS OF EARLY CHRISTIAN FRESCOES IN EGYPT Hussein H. Marey Mahmoud Laboratory of Mural Paintings Conservation‚ Department of Conservation‚ Faculty of Archaeology‚ Cairo University‚ P.O. 12613 Giza‚ Egypt‚ marai79@hotmail.com ABSTRACT The early Christian cemetery in Egypt is located at Kharga Oasis in the western desert. The cemetery consists of 263 mud-brick chapels dating back to the 4th century AD. In the present study‚ micro-Raman analysis was used to study micro samples from
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writings have not survived‚ except as references.The classic seven wonders were Great Pyramid of Giza‚Hanging Gardens of Babylon‚Statue of Zeus at Olympia‚Temple of Artemis at Ephesus‚Mausoleum at HalicarnassusColossus of Rhodes and Lighthouse of Alexandria. First wonder in the list is Great Pyramid of Giza.The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made
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and unexpected. Although there are several wonders in the world there are seven which are recognized as being ancient. The great pyramids of Egypt These are the buildings most associated with Egypt. They are found at a place called Giza which is a necropolis of ancient Memphis (Ancient wonders of the world). The pyramid age‚ which has a life span of over four thousand years‚ began when buildings began to crop up within the third dynasty under the reigns of Djoser. It is believed the shape symbolized
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Seven Wonders of the World Centuries ago one man dreamed‚ designed and constructed a breathtaking monument and then‚ it went on to become a wonder. Wonders of the world are so many. No list can comprehend everything. But why they are actually the wonders and what are the factors which make them to call a wonders? Every wonder has its own history and importance‚ and they have some interesting facts related with them. However‚ the original seven wonders of the world are the most worthy of
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enormous quantity of deaths. When people died the place where everyone wanted to be buried was the Necropolis. The Necropolis is positioned east of the 12th Century Gothic mother church Glasgow Cathedral. It is located 225 feet above the river Clyde. The Necropolis has 50‚000 individual interments buried here; only about 3‚500 have tombs‚ the majority lie in communal graves. My first opinion of the Necropolis was that there was such beauty in a decaying site. After not realising its close proximity to
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The Tomb of Amenhotep II‚ is located in Valley of the Kings‚ in the East Valley‚ Thebes West Bank. Amenhotep II is the son of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut‚ and he was born and raised in Memphis (Redford‚ 2005). Thutmose III raised Amenhotep II to possess strength‚ sportsmanship skill‚ and knowledge of war tactics (Redford‚ 2005). He served as coregent with his father for approximately 2 years before taking the throne at around age 18. Amenhotep II had several wives‚ however‚ two routinely
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the necropolis of HM Tuna el-Gebel (TeG)‚ as well as by the joint Mission of Munich and Cairo University since 1989. Beside the archaeological and documentary material‚ relevant ancient texts will be included and several specialists from other institutions have agreed to participate in the project.
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The main objective of the present work is to characterize some pigments from the tomb of Nakht-Djehuty (TT189)‚ time of Ramesses II (c.1279–1212 BC)‚ El-Assasif district‚ El-Qurna necropolis‚ Luxor (ancient Thebes)‚ Upper Egypt. The characterization of the examined wall paintings was carried out by means of optical microscopy (OM)‚ scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray detector (EDS)‚ X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD)‚ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT–IR)
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