Movie Review ADELE: RISE OF THE MUMMY Adele: Rise of the Mummy is a movie adaptation of the comic series of Jacques Tardi and directed by Luc Besson (“The Fifth Element”). The genre of this is more on adventure‚ action and comedy. It tackles about the adventures of the author Adèle Blanc-Sec on her search for the mummy Patmosis‚ physician of the great pharaoh Ramses II of Egypt. With the help of Esperandieu‚ a physicist‚ and his concept of life after death‚ the plan is to resuscitate Patmosis
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Jessica Vandeventer Literacy Project March 31‚ 2016 Literacy Project Book 1 Title: Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry Author: Cindy Neuschwander Number of pages: 29 pages Should allow 20 minutes to read book. Grade(s) the book is most suited for: First and Second Grade Topic(s) covered in the book: Geometry: Identifying Shapes Summary of the book: Mummy Math is about twins named Matt and Bibi’s adventure into a mummy’s tomb. They craw into the tomb and find themselves stuck in the tomb
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Book title: Don’t Tell Mummy Author: Toni Maguire Summary: This book is based on the childhood of the author. Antoinette’s life had been perfect that it had been full of love before her father came back. She was raped by her father when she was six. She told her mother about that but her mother denied it. Since then‚ her mother treated her badly even she knew her husband abusing Antoinette. Antoinette was abused by her father from the age of six to fourteen till he got
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GEOPHYSICS‚ VOL. 76‚ NO. 4 (JULY-AUGUST 2011); P. B127–B137‚ 15 FIGS. 10.1190/1.3581199 Case History Characterizing seismic bright spots in deeply buried‚ Ordovician Paleokarst strata‚ Central Tabei uplift‚ Tarim Basin‚ Western China Hongliu Zeng1‚ Guizhong Wang2‚ Xavier Janson1‚ Robert Loucks1‚ Yiping Xia2‚ Ligui Xu2‚ and Bingheng Yuan2 ABSTRACT Anomalous seismic-amplitude bright spots are a common feature in deeply buried (5500 to 6500 m) Ordovician limestone strata in the Central Tabei
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A Silent Army and an Underground City One of the greatest archaeological discoveries‚ the life-size terracotta army was discovered by peasants who were digging a well in 1974. This treasure was located near the tomb of Shi Huangdi‚ China’s first emperor. The entire army consisted of soldiers‚ horses and chariots in the style of 221BCE. This epic tomb was one that had been planned since Shi Huangdi was only thirteen years old. His tomb was the biggest and the best ancient China had ever had‚ for
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The Terracotta Warrior is a household name to millions around the world. Yet‚ scientists and archaeologists worldwide are still unravelling their secrets till today. How did ancient craftsmen do something never done before‚ creating an 8000-strong armies of clay infantry‚ archers‚ cavalries and generals? Modern science is making astonishing discoveries and headways into the secrets of the terracotta warriors. The mysteries and the secrets surrounding the science of creating the terracotta warriors
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The Terracotta Army is a life-size clay army (Hardy 13) built as‚ the 1st Emperor of China‚ Qin Shi Huang’s tomb (Hardy 10). It includes over 8000 soldiers‚ 130 chariots‚ 520 horses‚ and 150 cavalry horses (Terracotta) because the Emperor wanted to have them just in case he wanted company in the after-life (Roach). In this amazing life-size army there were three pits filled with soldiers‚ chariots‚ horses‚ and even a officer’s command station (Terracotta). No one knows how long it actually took
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Discussion 1: Tombs and Monuments Question: Compare an aspect of the tomb of Emperor Shihuangdi with the burial tombs of other cultures‚ such as Egypt or Mesopotamia. Answer: The Tomb of Emperor Shihuangdi The tomb of Qin Shihuangdi‚ who died 210 B.C.E.‚ lies about 30 kilometers from modern Xian in China. There is a pyramid shaped tumulus over the actual burial chamber which originally was 400 feet high and now stands 165 feet and has a circumference of about one mile. The mausoleum
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culture (1). Mummies can be the fruit of an intentional careful and arduous process involving many specialist‚ or accidental environmental condition that preserve the deceased human or animal body “The term is now generally applied to all human remains which retain their soft tissue‚ either by natural means or artificial preservation” (1). The term mummy is usually linked to ancient Egypt although as we shall see the process is present on every continent detachedly from Egypt. Mummies in Christianity
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Museum Essay The mummy The topic of my museum essay is a mummy lying in the museum. This artifact interested me a lot because of its uniqueness and originality. As far as I know‚ this is the only mummy keeping in our country. It is kept here from the 5th century. Its origin is the burial site of Kara-Bulak‚ Batken region‚ Osh province. The condition of a mummy is a natural state of mummification. The artifact itself is very interesting. There is a juniper coffin‚ the mummy inside of it but that
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