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    Great Sphinx of Giza

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    lived reign occurred just prior to the reign of Khafre. Originally it is believed that the Sphinx was painted and was quite colorful. Since then‚ the nose and beard have been broken away from . In between the paws of the Sphinx is a stela‚ now called the "Dream Stela" which is a stone slab placed vertically and inscribed with a story. The 18th Dynasty story tells of the time Taha 2 Thutmosis IV fell asleep under the Sphinx which was covered to the neck in sand. Thutmosis had a dream

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    Solar Cult Research Paper

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    Using sources 1.1‚ 1.2 and 1.3 and your own knowledge‚ explain the changes in the solar cult before the reign of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten (10 marks – 800 words) In a land like Egypt where the sun was one of the two dominating forces of nature (the other being the Nile)‚ it was natural for the people to worship the sun as a god. Solar (sun) worship had been practiced throughout Egypt in one form or another since Predynastic times. Popular beliefs about the sun god varied from place to place as did

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    Ancient History Notes

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    Pharaoh: Amenhotep III Building Program: He began his building program very early in his reign. The Temple of Amen at Luxor; The colonnade and forecourt of this temple has been acclaimed by art historians as being the most impressive achievement of Egyptians temple architecture. The third Pylons at Karnak He demolished the shrines and monuments of earlier pharaohs‚ including some of his father’s‚ and used the rubble to fill his new pylon. This carried a lengthy inscription praising himself

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    plays of volume therein‚ between light and mass‚ generated comparisons to numerous different movements. The following paper will examine these links by discussing Nevelson’s work‚ Sky Cathedral (1982)‚ in conversation with seven others: the Stela of Mentuwoser (ca. 1955 B.C.)‚ the Grave Stele of a Little Girl (c. 450-440 B.C.)‚ the Imperial Procession from the Ara Pacis Augustae (13-9 B.C.)‚ the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons (ca. A.D. 260-270)‚ Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel‚ 1913/1951‚ MoMA

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    Hammurabi's Code

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    barbaric form of life. These laws are generally put into place based on common sense‚ but after reading Hammurabi’s Code I found out they are also put in place to raise fear in the eyes of the offender. If the laws are set out‚ like Hammurabi did on a stela (stone pillar)‚ then everyone in that civilization has the ability to see them and they then can weigh the pros and cons on whether doing the crime is worth it to them or not. The major purpose to the codification of law is to set guidelines for society

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    Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City. Penguin Books; New York Topic 2 Reasons for and examples of poor leadership • Examine the Legend of Naram-sin and how he was a disastrous leader and caused the downfall of his civilization. Look at his stela that shows him portraying himself as a divine being. • Pay closer attention to the Curse of Agade‚ which give specific examples of how Naram-Sin caused the destruction of an entire city. Primary sources; Legend of Naram-Sin‚ The Curse of Agade Secondary

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    Tutankamun Research Report

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    Life Tutankhamun was the son of Akhenaten (formerly Amenhotep IV) and one of Akhenaten’s sisters‚[8] or perhaps one of his cousins.[9] As a prince he was known as Tutankhaten.[10] He ascended to the throne in 1333 BC‚ at the age of nine or ten‚ taking the throne name of Tutankhamun. His wet-nurse was a woman called Maia‚ known from her tomb at Saqqara. When he became king‚ he married his half-sister‚ Ankhesenpaaten‚ who later changed her name to Ankhesenamun. They had two daughters‚ both stillborn

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    There was a very intense relationship with the natural world and with the gods and goddesses that was entered by the people of Mesoamerica. Those people of Mesoamerica believe the power of the natural world with the gods demanded ritual worship and deities who shifted between human‚ animal or symbolic forms is necessary. They passed stories about detities‚ religious practices and narratives from culture to culture. They believe that the stories are history. The local practice before the Conquest

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    museum report

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    For my museum report‚ I went to LACMA. I chose two artworks from the following art collections‚ Egyptian Art and Ancient Near East Art. The two artworks that I chose were Assyrian Relief Panels from Nimrud for Ancient Near East‚ and the Round Topped Stela for Egyptian Art. For my theme I chose religious beliefs. The religions of the Ancient Near East were mostly polytheistic. In Ancient Mesopotamia‚ the facts of nature were attributed to the workings of divine forces. Thus‚ there were many gods and

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    ANTH  121   Exam  2  Study  Guide  Outline‚  Part  II   Dr.  Grofe     I.  San  Bartolo     A.  Pre-­‐Classic  Maya  city  discovered  in  2001  –  Northeast  of  Tikal.       1.  Bill  Saturno‚  working  for  Corpus  Project         a.  Looking  for  sites  with  Maya  writing         b.  Led  by  former  looters  to  San  Bartolo         c.  Got  lost  on

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