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    "Assess the arguments for the return of the Parthenon/Elgin Marbles to Greece" The question as to whether or not the esteemed Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece or persist in their contemporary locality in the British Museum has been the subject to rigorous debate from historians‚ politicians and the general public alike. The major contemporary arguments supporting the return of the marbles to Greece involve the fact that the Greek government has accepted concerns regarding inadequate

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    Concerning the pyramids of Malpighi‚ they are not a product of the wit of the great pyramid builders of the past civilizations. They are instead cone-structures located in the medullary portion of the kidney and responsible for the transport of urine from the outer part of the kidney to the calyces. (Fig. 27). They are about 27 in the human kidney and owe their name to Marcello Malpighi‚ an Italian physician of the seventeenth century who dedicated time to microscopic anatomy and histology. Eyebrows

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    Pyramid of Global Law

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    The New Pyramid of Global Law Rafael Domingo is Professor of Law at the University of Navarra School of Law and Director of the Maiestas Institute. Abstract: Following the traditional example of the so-called Kelsen pyramid‚ the author proposes a new kind of legal pyramid‚ integrating the incipient concept of global law‚ which has superseded international law. At the top rests the human person‚ from which all law ultimately arises (ius ex persona oritur). The base of the pyramid‚ heptagonal

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    Semester 2011-2012) PYRAMIDS 1. A vessel is in the form of an inverted regular square pyramid of base edge 13 cm and the altitude is 25 cm‚ how many liters are in it when the depth of the water is 15 cm? A(small Square) h(Water) A(Big Square) = h(container) 2 A(small Square) 15 2 = 252 13 2 2 (15 )(13 ) 2 A(small Square) = 25 2 A(small Square) = 60.84cm 1 V = 3 Bh 1 V= 3 (60.84)(15) 3 V=304.2 cm  0.304.2 L 2. The lateral faces of a regular square pyramid are o isosceles

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    Egyptian and Mexican Pyramids The creation of the Egyptian and Mexican pyramids both had many purposes in their societies. Each type of pyramid and the use of each had some similarities. They each served as a purpose for ceremonies‚ which was held for religious gatherings. This ties into rituals as well. Certain pyramids in each society had murals and writing on them. They were used for symbols to explain or show something. All pyramids were used for burials‚ however‚ the Mexicans buried priests

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    Who Built the Pyramids?

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    more than 130 ancient pyramids in Egypt‚ but the three pyramids at Giza dwarf the rest in comparison. Historians and archaeologists have been deeply fascinated by these structures for centuries. Many theories have been proposed in regards to who the people to construct these towering monuments were. A popular theory stemming from the Bible is that Israeli slaves‚ kept in harsh conditions by the pharaoh’s men‚ were forced to haul the giant stones used to construct the pyramids. The scale of the construction

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    The Egyptian pyramid construction theories range from simply outlandish to impossible. Almost all Archaeologist and some engineers take a stab at a theory sometime during their career. None have been proven and all are simply an educated guess. No one knows how the pyramids could have been built without today’s heavy machinery. It seems impossible for any group of men to move a 2.5 ton block from the quarry to the construction site and then manage to lift into the air to stack it precisely on top

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    How Intelligent are Chimpanzees Compared to Humans? A chimpanzee’s brain size is less than ⅓ of a human’s brain size‚ yet they are still so intelligent when compared to humans. Chimpanzees don’t haven’t invented computers or iphones‚ but just a small it of research shows that chimps are actually quite intelligent. Jane Goodall is someone who has spent lots of time with chimpanzees‚ and she herself has experienced the intelligence of chimps. Chimpanzees are our closest relatives‚ sharing lots of

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    Gibbon‚ writing in the late eighteenth century goes as far as calling the Crusades an act of “savage fanaticism.” The Enlightenment was however‚ quickly supplanted by romanticism in the nineteenth century. Prominent romantics such as Francois Michaud compared crusading with the contemporary enterprise of colonialism‚ all the while extolling the civilizing virtues of both. Europe’s preoccupation with imperialism was often even justified by using allusions to its crusading

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    The Great Pyramid, Khufu

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    Question 1: Shelter The Great Pyramid‚ Khufu was a symbol of homage to the body that dwelled inside. Khufu rises four hundred and eighty one feet above the ground and covers thirteen acres of land. The higher the tomb the better chance they would get to connect their Sun God to the Earth or the afterlife to the living presence. The length of the pyramid was originally set at seven hundred and fifty four feet‚ however hundreds of years of human and natural damage has left it at seven hundred and

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