Located in Southeastern Turkey‚ about 15 km from Sanliurfa‚ an ancient city which was also referred to as "City of the prophets‚" is Gobekli Tepe‚ the oldest man-made temple founded today (2). It dates back to 10‚000 BCE‚ and was discovered by Klaus Schmidt beginning with his excavations in 1995 with his team from the German Archeological Institute. The time period of Gobekli Tepe was put under category of the Pre-pottery Neolithic A Period‚ dating from 9600-7300 BCE (1). Schmidt explains
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The Hypostyle hall of the temple of Amen-Re at Karnak‚ Egypt was built during the Ramesside period. The hall was begun by Sety I and completed by the Ramesses II. It is one of the greatest architectural marvels at Karnak. The dimensions of the hypostyle hall are 338 feet in width and a depth of 170 feet. The hall is more than a third of the area of the St. Peter’s in Rome‚ at 56‚000 square feet. The design of a hypostyle hall allows for the construction of large spaces such as temples‚ public
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Great Pyramids of Giza * 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
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different to every other piece. Despite being separated by both time and culture‚ the Roman Colosseum and the Egyptian Pyramids of Giza possess both unique similarities and differences to each other. Like most cultures‚ Roman architecture tends to derive some elements from previous cultures such as the Egyptian culture. The main similarities between the Colosseum and the Pyramids can be seen in the material used in construction due to similar natural recourses; however‚ the historical context and
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Case study A blue paint layer sample was collected from the wall decorations of the mortuary temple of Ramesses III (Medinet Habu. This temple is one of the largest memorial temples in Egypt. It measures 320 m in length (east to west) and about 200 m in width (north to south)‚ built with order of the Pharaoh Ramesses III (c.1184–1151 BC the 20th Dynasty). The micro-XRF spectrometer (SPECTRO‚ COPRA model) used to analyze the sample includes a side-window X-ray tube with Mo anode (Oxford Instruments
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The Rosetta Stone is one of the most prolific pieces of Art in the Egyptian history. The struggles that were contrived from this Stone were immeasurable. The difficult process of this decoding was recorded in the book called‚ "The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone". Many have tried to decipher the Rosetta Stone‚ yet many have failed. The Rosetta Stone has been prompted by the most intelligent people on the earth. Riddles of the Rosetta Stone were to be first deciphered by scholars of Napoleon’s group
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Newgrange is a large circular hill with a diameter of ninety three yards‚ a height of fifteen yards‚ and an area of around one acre. The pathway inside Newgrange is under sixty feet long and guides you to a room with three openings that lead to other‚ smaller chambers. This room is roofed by a trussed supported ceiling‚ that has not been repaired in anyway since it was discovered. The cairn that covers the tomb is calculated to weigh two hundred thousand tons. Out of the three recesses the one on
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The comparison between the Head of Senusret III and Khafre is that they both ruled Egypt. Both sculptures where found in temple where their tombs were located. Also‚ their sculptures were use as The differences between the Head of Senusret III and Khafre is that they were made in different time periods. The first phot which is the Head of Senusret III was made during the Middle Kingdom and the photo‚ Khafre was made in the Old Kingdom. Even though Senusret III and Khafre were both pharaohs of Egypt
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On November 26‚ 1922‚ Howard Carter poked a hole in a sealed door and became the first person to enter the tomb of King Tut in 3‚000 years. Tut’s tomb was special because it was the most complete tomb ever found. Grave robbers had disturbed other tombs scientists had discovered‚ but King Tut’s looked the way it did thousands of years ago‚ when it was sealed. 2The keeper of the archive of Carter’s excavation explained why finding the entire‚ untouched tomb was important. He said‚ “We can study how
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Ruling for 11 years‚ Seti I‚ whose throne name was Menmaatre Seti‚ or “Established is the Justice of Re‚” was a somewhat obscure yet important pharaoh of Egypt’s 19th Dynasty. He was a great builder‚ with the Hypostyle Hall at Karnak and the Temple at Abydos being some of his greatest feats in this field. In contrast‚ he was a fierce warrior‚ leading many campaigns into Syria and Lybia‚ and most notably capturing the strategic Syrian city of Kadesh. But most importantly to ancient Egypt as we
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