Remarks on the two titles %Dmw and %Dm- sprw at Dendera‚ Edfu and Esna Temples Ahmed KhalafAllah Safina( This paper is focusing on the multifaceted concepts of two titles which are frequently occurred on three of Greco-Roman temples. The first one is sDmw which means literally “Listeners”. It is usually accompanied two groups of deities. Each group has a special iconography‚ epithets‚ roles and offerings such as the divine judges and the protective fierce genni . The second title which means
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that there was a solar cult acting in the Giza area before Giza became the necropolis of the fourth dynasty kings. It has been proposed that the Sphinx‚ the Sphinx temple‚ the mortuary temple and the valley temple of Khafre were built at the same time and that their attribution to Khafre is erroneous. Referring to the Inventory Stela discovered by Mariette and the Dream Stele some have suggested that the Sphinx was in fact renovated during the Old Kingdom. However‚ this view is unpopular amongst Egyptologists
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wanted more magnificent architectural structures and tombs dedicated for them. The most well known of these structures are the Great Pyramids in Gizeh‚ Egypt. The three pyramids were dedicated to the Fourth Dynasty pharaohs‚ Khufu (r.2551-2528 BCE)‚ Khafre (r. 2520-2494 BCE)‚ and Menkaure (2490-2472 BCE). Unlike the pre-dynastic stepped pyramid‚ the Old Kingdom pyramids were smoother on the sides which was influenced by the powerful cult of Re‚ the Heliopolis. Similar to the stepped pyramids‚ the four
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lines and flat areas of color rather than form‚” (Britannica‚ Byzantine Christian par.5). This style of work is the very basis of comparison of Cimabue’s work and the work of his student Giotto. The paintings in question for comparison are “Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Profits” or “Santa Trinita Madonna‚” by Cimabue‚ and “Ognissanti Madonna‚” by Giotto.
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It is customary to establish comparisons between the pyramids erected by the pharaohs of ancient Egypt and the pre-Colombian pyramids built in Mexico and other regions of Central America. There are even those who‚ albeit without any plausible historical basis‚ claim that those two distant regions shared cultural and ideological relationships which would be the justification for an apparent and misleading similarity in shape. The Egyptian pyramids are funerary monuments of the kings of ancient
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Renaissance period and on into the Baroque period‚ by way of the introduction of mathematic concepts and new techniques‚ as well as the introduction of more secular art works. Starting with Medieval paintings‚ such as Cimbaue’s depiction of Madonna Enthroned‚ we see the same facial expression over and over‚ illustrated in fairly flat colors. It is mostly one-dimensional‚ there is little light‚ shading or contrast‚ and it greatly lacks dramatic effect. This was true of most works of the time. Paintings
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Post and lintel architecture is the creation of vertical supports‚ or posts‚ that hold up a beam‚ the lintel‚ which comes across the horizon. Many uses of this idea are the creation of windows‚ and doors. Once the beam is placed there‚ it then relies on the act of gravity. One example of the post and lintel method is the Lion Gate at Mycenae. The Lion Gate is located in Greece. It was created about 1250 B.C. This gate is believed to be a tomb portal; it is the entrance to the city of Mycenae
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other world can find or recognize these objects. Shadow bridges or blocks connect limbs to block‚ solid. Bilateral symmetry Suppresses subjectivity (individual creativity) G+H Khafre‚ 2500 BCE Ka (spirit statue) Designed for the afterlife‚ for their tombs. Not meant to be seen by human eyes Granite – Diorite Khafre‚ c2520-2494 BCE. Ka Spirit statue. rigidity is important since it has a use for after life‚ rather than look as much. Its supposed to be animated despite its immobility. Solidity
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SOUL “We must not allow the crowded altar-rails at the morning’s Mass to blind us to the existence of horrible contrasts: entire families where things are wrong‚ or even whole neighbourhoods corrupted and abominable‚ where evil is‚ as it were‚ enthroned with its court all around it. Second‚ we should remember that although sin is in such places congested and doubly repulsive‚ it is none the less vile where it is more spread out. Third‚ though we see there the matured fruit — the Dead Sea fruit of
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shaped the stone into the lion and gave it their king’s face over 4‚500 years ago. Khafre’s name was also mentioned on the Dream Stele‚ which sits between the paws of the great beast. However‚ no one is completely certain that it is in fact the face of Khafre‚ though indeed that is the preponderance of
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