the most influential civilizations throughout history‚ which developed a vast array of diverse structures and great architectural monuments along the Nile‚ among the largest and most famous of which are the Great Pyramid of Giza ‚temples of Luxor and the Great Sphinx of Giza. Luxor (Thebes) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt . Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world’s greatest open air museum"‚ there are six great temples‚ the four on the left bank are known to travellers
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Medieval Weapons Medieval society‚ in spite of its stereotypes‚ was not inherently more violent than modern society. "Although there was no state in the modern sense‚ and therefore no set of laws that inherently took away the power of the average man or woman to exercise violence‚ the violence of the day was considered differently‚ and with out the inherent sense of criminality that accompanies it today. Our understanding of the weapons of the medieval world is skewed by the vast disarming of
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Ancient Egypt civilization‚ which is extremely rich in everything from hieroglyphics and statues to jewelry and tombs. The first item I examined was the royal acquaintance Memi and Sabu‚ from Dynasty 4 2575-2464 BCE. It is painted limestone out of Giza donated by the Rogers Fund in 1948. This statue evokes the intimacy of Memi and his companion‚ Sabu‚ although she is set somewhat apart by her oblique gaze. Until recently‚ the flowering of non royal statuary was believed to have occurred only in
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Few structures have become as well known or inspired as much awe and wonder as the pyramids in Egypt. Built centuries ago‚ long before modern building technology‚ these massive structures leave many wondering how and why there are there. The largest and most famous pyramid is the Great Pyramid of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu. Today‚ the pyramid is over 4‚500 years old and has continued to astound scientists‚ archaeologists‚ and mathematicians with its size‚ precision‚ and consistency. The ancient
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Egypt is well-known to be the site of a powerful early civilization. It wasn’t always the famous pyramidal empire‚ first it was a collection of villages divided into upper and lower Egypt. Upper Egypt was south and lower Egypt was north‚ since the Nile river runs north. A man named Narmer united both parts of the country‚ creating the great Egyptian empire. Ancient Egyptian history can be divided into three distinct kingdoms: the old‚ middle and new kingdoms. The old kingdom began with Narmer
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Tomb of Sennedjem (TT1) Sennedjem lived in Deir el-Medina‚ the village of the artisans‚ during the Dynasty XIX reigns of Seti I and Rameses II. He was one of the necropolis workers and his title was ‘Servant in the Place of Truth’. This tomb was discovered intact in 1886. The burial chamber contained 20 mummies‚ 9 of them in coffins belonging to the deceased and members of his family‚ along with a rich hoard of funerary equipment‚ now in Cairo Museum and other museums. Like many of the private
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James Ussher (sometimes spelled Usher‚ 4 January 1581 – 21 March 1656) was Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656. He was a prolific scholar‚ who most famously published a chronology that purported to establish the time and date of the creation as the night preceding Sunday‚ 23 October 4004 BC‚ according to the proleptic Julian calendar.In 1619 Ussher travelled to England‚ where he remained for two years. His only child‚ Elizabeth‚ was born in London
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When read top to bottom‚ Mina Loy’s poem "Lunar Baedeker" may sound like a story of drugs‚ sex‚ and desperation. In reality‚ it is an encrypted biography of part of Loy’s life‚ as well as symbolic of the cycles of life. Let’s start with the title‚ shall we? "Lunar Baedeker‚" the word ’lunar’ means moon. It can also mean relating to the moon‚ but more importantly it can mean measured by the moon’s cycles. What in the world is a "Baedeker" though? Baedeker is actually one Karl Baedeker‚ a German who
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compiling the list in the second century B.C. The final list of the Seven Wonders that we currently reference was defined in the Middle Ages. The Great Pyramid at Giza Cairo‚ Egypt Noted for being the only surviving member of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World‚ the Great Pyramid is the largest of the 3 pyramids built in the ancient city of Giza‚ now part of greater Cairo‚ Egypt. The pyramid is believed to have been built around 2560 B.C. as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu‚ and likely took 20
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Girouard 2/5/15 Chapter 1 Dessler HW 1. Determine the latitude and longitude of the White House‚ the Kremlin‚ the Pyramids of Giza‚ and the point on the opposite side of the Earth to where you were born. Use an online tool (e.g.‚ Google Earth) or an atlas (which you can find in any library). White House: 38.8977° N‚ 77.0366° W Kremlin: 55.7517° N‚ 37.6178° E Pyramids of Giza: 29.9792° N‚ 31.1344° E Opposite of where I was born: 36.385913° S‚ 59.677734° E 2. a) Convert the following temperatures from
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