There are many organisations that exist to keep the amazing cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum alive. They run continuous projects that aim at the restoration of these two sites to help keep them available for as long as possible for future generations to see and future archaeologists to excavate. Without these NGO’s‚ Pompeii and Herculaneum would most likely not be visible to us today. Excavations have been taking place in Pompeii and Herculaneum since before the 1800s. The attempts at preservation
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Pompeii and Herculaneum Exam Responses Using Source C and your own knowledge‚ what were three important features 3 of household religion at Pompeii and Herculaneum? (3) Household religion pervaded Pompeii and Herculaneum‚ forming a significant component of citizens’ lives. The foremost feature of private worship was the lararium‚ demonstrated in Source C‚ an elaborate (as in the source) or basic shrine used to honour the lares‚ household gods. Secondly‚ the genius of the paterfamilias‚ the generating
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Pompeii and Herculaneum: Leisure Activities For each I’ve chosen one main source‚ and gathered a variety of other sources to help explain and reinforce it further. I find that one source (particularly buildings alone) are not enough to base all of the information on‚ and you gain a more comprehensive understanding by combining them. Entertainment was essential to daily life in Ancient Rome. According to Juvenal1‚ it seemed that all Romans were interested in was "bread and circuses‚" and with
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about malevolent beliefs? As Sam Harris argues‚ I agree that science is indeed capable of providing a universal moral truth that is based on the goal of decreasing human suffering. Sam Harris’ utilitarian theory is correct and states‚“it is possible for individuals‚ and even for whole cultures‚ to care about the wrong things‚ which is to say that it’s possible for them to have beliefs and desires that reliably lead to needless human suffering”. Essentially‚ Harris’ says immoral beliefs may lead to
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I chose to attend this particular event because I am actually familiar with Wood Harris and his work and was excited to see him in person. Although I had never seen The Wire‚ I was well aware of the show’s success and portrayal of African-American men. The event was held in the library auditorium and it was a success. Many people attended the event and several audience members interacted with the panel. Miss CSU introduced herself and then went on to introducing the panel of guests which were cheered
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Due to her activism‚ and her effectiveness‚ Harris began to attract attention. Appearing on the Dick Cavet Show with her husband‚ Harris became the focal point of the interview. Noting that she “had been in the news a great deal lately…” Cavet declared‚ “as you know it’s not always good when a wife gets in the news in Washington‚ but in this case it is.” Cavet added that Harris was “in the Man In The News section of the Times‚ [so] they had to change it to Woman In The News…” He then observed
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Harris Seafood Question Number One (1) Value the processing plant proposal. Ignore the Industrial Revenue Bond financing. Assume: Market Risk Premium 8.8%‚ Riskless Rate 11.41%‚ and Harris Long Term Debt Rate 13.5%. Our approach to valuing the processing plant can easily be decomposed into three distinct steps first‚ find the value of the foreseeable free cash flows. Next‚ calculate the terminal value of the project. Finally‚ take the present value of those flows. The next few paragraphs walk
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On April 20‚ 1999‚ a depressed teen and a psychopath decided to go on a killing spree at Columbine High School. The depressed teen‚ Dylan Klebold‚ and the psychopath‚ Eric Harris‚ had been planning every detail of the massacre for almost a year. Their goal was to kill as many people as possible. Eric and Dylan injured twenty-four people and killed eight male students‚ four female students‚ and one male teacher. Then they committed suicide in the school library. Many people want to know why the two
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HSC Unit 1: Pompeii and Herculaneum By the end of this unit‚ you will know about: • The early stages of occupation of P and H • A historical overview of P and H before the eruption • The physical environment (setting‚ natural features‚ resources) of P and H • Plans and streetscapes of both cities • What kind of sources are available (written and archeological) on P and H • The limitations and reliability of the sources‚ and how
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John Harris claims that to be transgressive is to be moral. His argument centres on the rejecting the objections raised by those who reject the crossing of specie boundaries. In the footstep of Jonathan Glover’s‚ Harris raises the question of “what role “humanity”‚ species membership‚ being a human being‚ in short the descriptive sense of being human‚ plays in our evaluative use of that term”. For Harris‚ the claims that humans unique or the characterization of human beings as moral agents with
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