Anthropogenic hazard Anthropogenic hazards or human-made hazards can result in the form of a human-made disaster. In this case‚ anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. It results in huge loss of life and property. It further affects a person’s mental‚ physical and social well-being. Sociological hazards Crime Crime is a breach of the law for which some governing authority (via the legal systems) can ultimately
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though something pulled me. A voice seemed to say this is one of your pals”(Ashabranner 53). The unknown soldiers was then brought to the U.S. On November 11‚ 1921 the unknown soldier from WWI was taken to Arlington for burial. Huge white marble sarcophagus for the Tomb of the unknown were added in 1932. A similar selection process was used for the Korean War‚ WWII‚ and the Vietnam War. The inscription on the marble reads‚ “Here rest in honor glory an American soldier unknown but to god”(Ashabranner
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Funeral Planning Introduction Mankind’s history of burial practices and funeral customs are as old as civilization itself. There is no specific way to planning a funeral. Every civilization and culture has provided for their dead in different ways. Religion and personal beliefs play an important role in the burial practices and funeral customs of a given culture or civilization. Furthermore‚ each civilization and cultured ever studied have three things in common: some type of funeral rites
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Emilie White Mrs. Barnett Language Arts IV 9 December 2011 King Tutankhamun Tutankhamun‚ better known as King Tut‚ was unwanted by his subjects‚ ignored by his successors and forgotten for more than thirty centuries. Thanks to the discovery of his tomb by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter‚ he has been reborn as Egypt’s most famous son‚ achieving true immortality. Tut was born during the Amama Age‚ around 1341 BC. His mother was believed to be Kiya and his father was Akhenaten. When Tut was
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burial chambers next to the deceased to aid them in the underworld. The main scroll that was placed in that chamber was the book of the dead. Next skilled carvers will build the coffins which will house the pharaoh these coffins are also called sarcophagus. These coffins are usually carved to look like the pharaoh or what he wants to be represented as. It also is carved with hieroglyphs and usually painted and the main color would be a gold coffin. The pharaoh’s favorite or most respected gods and
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Female Genital Mutilation The History‚ The Laws‚ The Opposition‚ and the Future 10/23/2013 Jyl Female Genital Mutilation: The History‚ The Laws‚ The Opposition‚ and the Future Female genital mutilation includes “all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia‚ or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons” (WHO). The World Health Organization states that 140‚000‚000 girls and women worldwide are currently living
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his tomb when it was found in 1922. The walls of his tomb were filled with painted scenes of his voyage to the after life. The chamber king Tutankhamun was in contained four gilded shrines. Inside the gilded shrines there was a red quartzite sarcophagus containing three nesting coffins. King Tutankhamen’s tomb was made of solid gold. It weighed 242.9 pounds. Over his face there was an exquisite gold mask. The main treasure was a gilded canopic chest. Inside the canopic chest were four mini
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Egyptian Times TUT IS DEAD! Last night at 8:15pm our beloved pharaoh Tutankhamen died. Our pharaoh was born on February 2 1341bc. Even although he only lived for nineteen years he ruled our kingdom for nine years. He switched our religion back from what our horrible king Akhenaten did he moved our capital back and overall changed our lives back. We have been well assured that our greatest tomb makers have put many curses on his tomb so that no one will be able to disturb his resting place.
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Why is Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther considered a ‘Romantic’ work? What were the main tenets of Romanticism? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s (1749 – 1832) seminal novel‚ The Sorrows of Young Werther‚ written in the unique form of a correspondence between two friends‚ has come to be regarded as one of the defining texts of the Romantic period and is well known for its seemingly condoning undertones of suicide and its protagonist’s temperamental‚ highly emotional‚ and capricious tendencies
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Seven Wonders of the World‚ works of art and architecture regarded by ancient Greek and Roman observers as the most extraordinary structures of antiquity. The listing of ancient wonders probably began in ancient Greece in around the 2nd century BC‚ but the Seven Wonders that were most commonly referred to were listed some time after that. All built in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East area‚ some time from around 2600 BC up to about AD 476‚ the Wonders are: (1) The Pyramids of Egypt‚ at
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