The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza‚ Egypt. It is the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world‚ and the only one to remain intact. Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built over a 10-20 year time span. It was built around 2560 BC. The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3‚800 years‚ until The Great Wall of China was built! The Great wall was originally
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The Early Dynastic Period is an interval toward the beginning of what is routinely viewed as the historical backdrop of Ancient Egypt. It was the finish of the developmental phase of the Ancient Egyptian culture that started hundreds of years before the time of Prehistory. It was throughout this period that the celestial majesty turned out to be settled as Egypt’s type of government‚ and with it‚ a whole culture that would remain for all intents and purposes unaltered for the following three thousand
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body. Some items that were put in were canopic jars‚ shabtis‚ amulets‚ and some of the person’s favorite things. The main reason of mummification and tomb preparation were to help guide and support a person in the afterlife. Items in my Tomb Sarcophagus- a stone coffin that the body laid in‚ and protected. Cartouche- an oval or oblong figure‚ enclosing characters that represent the name of a sovereign. In my tomb the cartouche has my name written in hieroglyphics. Amulets- a small object worn
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tools‚ jewelry‚ and many other things from each world. I then found ten artifacts of each period that was listed in the back of my workbook on the spreadsheets and wrote descriptions of them. For the new Old World‚ I described the Moabite stone‚ Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar‚ the Roman bronze figure of Artemis‚ the 60 piece strand of beads‚ the 107 piece beaded necklace‚ the bronze beaker Iranian‚ the bronze Persian repousse bowl‚ the 11 bracelets‚ 5 human figurines‚ and the Rosetta Stone. For the New
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Fresco: “The Good Shepherd” is an early Christian fresco from the Catacomb of Priscilla (a vast cemetery located underground that served as a tomb for a large amount of early saints and popes). It shows a male figure that is most commonly interpreted to be the Good Shepherd (a distinctive figure that originated around the third century CE from the pre-Christian literary composition known as the “ram-bearer”) with a clean-shaven face and wearing a brown saddle and a short white toga that reaches approximately
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writings on it. Egyptian writing is called hieroglyphs. The hieroglyphics consisted of items they would want in afterlife for example: clothes‚ money‚ gold‚ etc. The pharaohs and queens had special coffins‚ they were placed in. It was called a sarcophagus. A sarcophagus has 3 coffins. The first 2 coffins were decorated of how the pharaoh or queen looked and made of gold foil covered on carved wood. The 3rd coffin was made of 240 pounds of solid gold. The next thing was the actual mummy wrapped in lairs
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HUM 2210 Study Guide: Exam 2 Identify the Following Art and Architectual Works Works of Art aligned to Cultural Periods Minoan Period Bull-leaping fresco from the Palace of Minos‚ Knossos‚ Crete‚ ca. 1500 B.C.E. Priestess with Snakes‚ Minoan‚ ca. 1600 B.C.E. Mycenaean Period Lion Gate‚ Citadel at Mycenae‚ c.a. 1500-1300 B.C.E. Funerary Mask (gold)‚ possibly of Agamemnon‚ c.a. 1500 Greek: Archaic Period Funerary Krater with “Geometric” Decoration‚ c.a. 750 B.C.E
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In the “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad‚ dark themes are explicitly expressed through the piano. “A grand piano stood massively in a corner; with dark gleams on the flat surfaces like a sombre and polished sarcophagus” (Conrad 159-160). At first glance‚ the piano symbolizes the recent passing of Kurtz. However‚ there’s so much more to the piano than being a simple coffin. The piano is Kurtz. Kurtz was the major player in the book; he controlled everything. His
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Etruscan Women: An Analysis of Larissa Bofante’s Article The comparisons between the Etruscan‚ Greek‚ and Roman way of life are similar in many respects and each contributes to the other‚ however‚ each civilization has its differences. The Etruscan society in the 5th to 7th c. BCE was one of luxury‚ lust‚ innovation‚ and they are thought to have been very skilled technicians: these attributes made them stand out among the rest. Larissa Bofante’s article‚ Daily Life and After Life‚ points out
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Title of the Artifact: Transylvanian Swords Type of the artifact: It is a sculpture Material of the Artifact: These swords are made of bronze Date of creation of the Artifact: These Swords were found in Transylvania in 17th century BC Artifact Provenance: They were found in Homeric Troy Where artifact is located now: These unique Mycenaean swords are located in Romania. They are seven swords out of nine which were found in Transylvania. What attracted me in these swords is that they are so superior
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