ASSIGNMENT 1: ESSAY "MUMMY ’S CURSE" Assignment 1: Essay "Mummy ’s Curse" Strayer University World Cultures 1 HUM 111 Assignment 1: Essay "Mummy ’s Curse" As a young girl living in Pennsylvania‚ I can remember first hearing about the famous Pharaoh King Tutankhamen. This was during the time when an exhibit‚ known as the Treasures of Tutankhamen‚ traveled the United States. Along with all the stories about the beautiful treasures from the tomb‚ were also the stories
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When you think of a mummy what comes to mind? Most of us usually picture an Egyptian mummy wrapped in bandages and buried deep inside a pyramid. While the Egyptian ones are the most famous‚ mummies have been found in many places throughout the world‚ from Greenland to China to the Andes Mountains of South America. A mummy is the body of a person (or an animal) that has been preserved after death. Normally when we die‚ bacteria and other germs eat away at the soft tissues (such as skin and muscles)
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Professor Caren Stayer 10/19/2013 The Curse of the Pharaoh The Curse of the Pharaohs is a strong belief that anyone who disturbs a mummy or a Pharaoh’s tomb will be cursed. Hollywood has long propagated this theory‚ using fantastic treasure and horrible “accidents” to frighten and entertain movie goers. King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and the world succumbed to Egypt mania (Sayre‚ H.‚ 2011). People became infatuated with all things Egyptian and
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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.[7] Computed tomography studies released in 2011 revealed that one daughter died at 5–6 months of pregnancy and the other at 9 months of pregnancy. No evidence was found in either mummy of congenital anomalies or an apparent cause of death.[11] Reign Cartouches
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they reached their loved ones after death to ask for their wisdom. The mummies not only preserved the memory of the past but also made death less fearsome. They didn’t think they were completely detached from their ancestors after death. These mummies were very important to the Inca. The religious Spaniards that sought to convert the Inca did not like the worship of anyone other than their God and tried to destroy the mummies. The Inca spent years relocating the corpses until the Spanish succeeded
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* Built in c.2560 B.C * Took 20 years to construct * One pyramid contains the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu * Temples dedicated to Khufu * One of the oldest man made seven wonders of the world Cairo Museum * Contains 120‚000 ancient Egyptian artifacts * For example: treasures of King Tutankhamun‚such as his solild gold mask * The Museum contains 9 mummies * For example: the mummy of Queen Hatshepsut Memphis ‚ Ancient Egypt * The location of the Great Temple of Ptah
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royalties or both royalties and officials. These three monuments are from different time period and it is clear that ancient Egyptian tombs come in all sort of kinds. The tombs‚ artwork‚ and sculpture shows that the belief in the afterlife existed back then. King Djoser’s Step Pyramid is located at Saqqara (Millmore‚ Mark). King Djoser began working on his mastaba tomb in 2667-2648 B.C. (Millmore‚ Mark). The construction started out with “an enormous mastaba of stone”. Then another one was built on
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An important part of ancient Egyptians’ life and society was religion. They are a polytheistic religion: believing in more than one god. In ancient Egyptian civilization‚ death and the afterlife were very important events. To the Egyptians’‚ death was far from the end and they believed that life continued even after death‚ so to ensure that the dead received comfortable passage to the afterlife various rituals were carried out‚ such as mummification which is in reverence to the gods. Ancient Egyptians’
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revolved around mummification. Tombs and coffins were also part of the Ancient Egyptian beliefs. These rituals and beliefs make up the most important part of death in ancient Egypt‚ the after life. Mummification was an important part of death in Ancient Egypt which stretched back to very early Egyptian history. Very early in Egyptian history‚ people were buried in shallow graves in the desert. The hot desert sands would preserve the body before it decomposed. Mastaba tombs came along around 3100 BC
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Intriguing artifacts that have been discovered over time help us to understand what it was like to have lived back then. Egypt is widely known for many things such as The Great Pyramids; The Nile River; Hieroglyphics; Pharaohs‚ such as King Tutankhamen; mummies‚ and more. Ever since I first learned about Egypt’s unique culture‚ ideas‚ and history‚ I began to develop a fascination for this ancient civilization. The discovery of ancient findings of mummified pharaohs allows us to better understand what life
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