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    The Art & Architecture of Shree Jagannath Temple Mrs. Rashmi Mishra Shree Sadashiva Campus‚ Puri. Architecture in Odisha found its supreme expression in the form of temples‚ some of which are among‚ finest in the country. Of these‚ three are most famous the Lingaraja temple at Bhubaneswar (11th century)‚ the Jagannath Temple at Puri (12th century) and the great Sun Temple at Konark (13th century). These mark the culmination of a distinct style of architecture called

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    Indus Valley Civilization

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    contemporaries‚ Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. At its peak‚ the Indus Civilization may have had a population of well over five million. Inhabitants of the ancient Indus river valley developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products‚ seal carving) and metallurgy (copper‚ bronze‚ lead‚ and tin). The civilization is noted for its cities built of brick‚ roadside drainage system‚ and multistoried houses.The Indus Valley Civilization is also known as the Harappan Civilization‚ as the first of its

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    Have you ever wondered about Abraham Lincoln early life. I have‚ and I thought today I would tell you about that. This man was born in February 12‚ 1809. He lived in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky. Abraham’s father‚ Thomas Lincoln‚ was a migratory carpenter and farmer. Thomas was almost always very very poor. His mother Nancy Hanks died in 1818. A few years after Nancy’s death Thomas Lincoln married a widow‚ named Sarah Bush Johansen. She was a very caring‚ loving and affectionate mother

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    in the 1981 study‚ price had a larger effect on a person’s decision to smoke than on the number of cigarettes consumed by a smoker. II. Statement of the Problem 1. How can smoking affect the body? 2. How do the young smokers control carving for cigarettes? 3. How do the prices of cigarette affect the level of smoking among the youths? III. Research Objectives These research objectives are to know how smoking can affect our body for the sake of those who don’t know yet the

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    became an orisa. I will argue that the Sango and ere-ibeji figures are carved in order to represent the orisa’s negative standing within society and their abilities to wreak havoc if not worshipped properly. Activated only through their death‚ the carvings not only illuminate the myriad of myths that contributed to the formation of their cults‚ but they also highlight and emphasize their ability to cause destruction among the Yorubas if not properly ritualized. Thus‚

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    countries. One of the biggest is that which connected them to Europe. They received Christianity‚ one of the main religions in Europe‚ and it became a major religion for Africa as well. Art was also slightly influenced by Greece culture. Fly-horses carving were very similar to Greece art. Africa was also influence by economical trade‚ which allowed them to create routes across the Sahara and across the Indian Ocean‚ but the

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    probably did not know it was Azaire that could not perform highlights that he doesn’t know as much as he thinks. | Lisette | ‘Lisette glowed with pleasure...’‘Lisette had frozen at his touch; it seemed to have frightened her.’ | Lisette receives the carving off Stephen and thinks its a sign he likes her. | She loses not only her stepmother but her mother too.She thought she was older than she was when she felt attracted to Stephen by the lake instead it scared her. | Isabelle | ‘...led Stephen out

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    had originally a stucco finish.The major temples of Greece had intricately carved triglyphs such as in the pantheon in Athens. Due to the geography of southern Italy there is no naturally occurring marble and only coarse stones could be used for carving. Although many speculate that metopes and the space above them would have been painted.! ! The process of dating the temple of Athena comes from the style of the carved architectural pieces that have been preserved‚ for instants the style

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    Venus of Willendorf

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    female; her abdomen hangs to right above her pubic area. She is resting her arms on her very large breasts‚ that do not focus any attention what so ever to the nipple area. The focus on the pubic area of her body is very detailed. Why would one carving this figure go into so much detail of the female body is not known for sure? Some think she may have been an idol or charm for reproduction. Maybe she was some sort of queen of the village and was a doll for little girls. Kind of like the Barbie Doll

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    The Hopewell Culture

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    earthworks and mounds. The Hopewell culture was known for the construction of huge geometric mounds‚ as the walls were built from the earth‚ which is believed to be used for burials or as religious temples. Found in these mounds were pottery and carvings of animals‚ along with the finest raw materials; such as‚ copper‚ silver and iron. During their time they farmed foods; such as‚ wild rice‚ squash‚ barley‚ sunflowers and other wild seeds. However‚ corn was not thought to be part of their harvest

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