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    History of Sculpture Prehistoric Periods Much surviving prehistoric art is small portable sculptures‚ with a small group of female Venus figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf (24‚000–22‚000 BC) found across central Europe;  the 30 cm tall Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel of about 30‚000 BCE has hardly any pieces that can be related to it. The Swimming Reindeer of about 11‚000 BCE is one of the finest of a number of Magdalenian carvings in bone or antler of animals in the art of the Upper

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    Tupac Shakur Tupac was a leading American icon because he crossed cultural‚ racial‚ and economic barriers. From the child in the suburb to the former vice president of the United States‚ everyone recognized Tupac’s iconic status. He had many traits that would make him stand out above the rest‚ and that is what made him the best. His traits are routed in his name because he was named after an Inca Indian revolutionary Tupac Amaru‚ which means "shining serpent"‚ and Shakur is Arabic for "thankful

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    Joseph Campbell’s monomyth‚ or the hero’s journey‚ is a basic pattern that its proponents argue is found in many narratives from around the world. This widely distributed pattern was described by Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949).[1] An enthusiast of novelist James Joyce‚ Campbell borrowed the term monomyth from Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.[2] Campbell held that numerous myths from disparate times and regions share fundamental structures and stages‚ which he summarized in The Hero with

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    tell the ages of the skeletal remains of the woman and baby? d. By the four main sutures such as coronal suture‚ sagittal suture‚ lambdoid suture and squamous sutures. E. What features of the vertebral column would the larger skeleton in the sarcophagus show to indicate it was female? e. The vertebral column of a male in about 71 cm (28 in.) for a female the vertebral column of a female would be about 61 cm (24 in.) F. What bone in the neck region other than cervical vertebrae may be damaged

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    The Ancient Egyptians were an advanced civilization with many inventions. Each invention ignited an idea to create one after another. Three inventions that were erected was the pyramids‚ the hieroglyphics‚ and the process of mummification. One of the advanced inventions in Ancient Egypt were the pyramids. Stone and limestone were used to construct the the pyramids. The blocks had to be cut perfectly‚ and each block was two and a half tons. In total‚ a pyramid was built to house the pharaohs‚ as well

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    Tut was conceived Tutankhaton yet his name was changed to Tutankhamun when Amon turned into the most imperative god. Tut’s name signifies "The living picture of Amun". Tut wedded Ankhesepaaten who was one of the little girls of King Akheneaten and Queen Nefertiti. At the point when Ankheneaten passed on in 1333 B.C.‚ Tut turned into the pharaoh. He was just nine. Tut ruled amid the eighteenth administration. Tut was not permitted to settle on choices all alone on the grounds that he was so youthful

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    pyramids are in Giza. So with my project I will do one of them. They are one of the most known pyramids for their good condition. Pyramids were built for tombs for the Pharaoh and the queen. They were filled with riches and more importantly the sarcophagus with the mummy. They put riches and furniture for the afterlife. They put all the organs in jars except the heart and the brain. The heart was left in the body and the brain was took out of the nostrils and thrown away. There were a lot of twists

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    Ancient Greek Women Essay

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    Thesmophoria‚ a festival for Demeter‚ men were excluded entirely‚ and women were able to freely walk around without her kyrios. Adherents of the cult of Dionysus were called maenads and were mainly women. When they were inspired by Dionysus they surrendered to a newfound sense of freedom and well-being‚ this inspiration came mainly from wine‚ which Dionysus was god of. This gave women an opportunity to break free from their usual confinement in the Greek culture. Women’s involvement in these festivals

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    clock reads 9:08 a.m.‚ and a sigh escapes my lips. I’m seriously considering staying in bed‚ I mean why not? For the first time in a while‚ I’m not sure. I focus on what I know to be true. The blankets surrounding me are leaden‚ encasing me in a sarcophagus of good intentions. Hands struggle to escape the wreckage‚ protruding from unlikely positions like a tree in a tempest. Breathing becomes strenuous‚ and though I know the answer‚ I still wonder why I have to get out of bed. I think maybe I could

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    There are so many myths told‚ especially ones that have been told for thousands of years. The Midas Touch Myth is about a greedy king who takes his yearn for money too far. The Legend of Prometheus is about the creator of man who sacrificed his own safety for those whom he created. Pandora’s Box is about the first woman. Hercules is about a strong man through a tough life. The Midas Touch is both a Greek and a Roman. There are several different interpretations of this myth. The Midas Touch myth

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