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    blame Apollo for being mad about it. Witness say Midas called his singing “trashy and out of tune”. Even worse it was his own barber that spread his secret. Midas can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble this week can he? Last week he had to beg Dionysus to reverse his own wish.Clearly our king needs to get his attitude right. We think its all very #scandalous. King Midas’ Donkey Ears: The Facts

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    Unit 5 Case Study 1: Hassan’s Story Question A: Baru is using surface markings to identify the gender of a skull. What two major types of surface marking do bones have? Answer: Bone surface markings consist of a) Depressions and openings and b) Processes. Depressions and openings are areas that form joints or areas that allow passage of soft tissue‚ such as nerves‚ blood vessels‚ ligaments and tendons. Processes are projections or outgrowths on bone that form joints or attachment points for

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    equaled by the amount of nationalities that were woven onto the Roman republic. The Romans worshiped many gods and spirits‚ each of whom was in charge for a different part of life. The ancient Romans adopted gods from other cultures as well like Dionysus‚ the Greek god of wine or Isis from the Egyptian pantheon who was concerned with reincarnation. The Roman Emperors were sometimes worshiped after their deaths. The Roman Emperors would show their devotion to their favored deities by building temples

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    Art as a ritual

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    Art History 1 Museums as a Ritual In the article “The Art Museum As Rital‚” in Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums by Carol Duncan‚ she compares art museums to religious seculars in the sense that they are not only similar in architecture‚ but also in their meaning and purpose; rituality. She goes on to state that unlike churches and other various places of worship‚ museums are also secular places. At such places‚ “the secular truth became the authoritative truth.” When I went to

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    is assumed that she died of bone cancer‚ and that she may have also suffered from diabetes and arthritis. She had herself buried behind Deir el-Bahri‚ in the Valley of the Kings. In one final effort to legitimize her reign‚ she had her father’s sarcophagus moved to her tomb so they could lie together‚ in death. Thutmose III went on to rule Egypt for thirty more years after his aunt’s death‚ and‚ when he was in his fifties‚ began to remove all traces of Hatshepsut’s kingship. Hatshepsut was an extraordinary

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    In the Giza Plateau‚ located in Egypt‚ resides a monstrous and mysterious monument known as the Sphinx. Characterized by its human-like face and cat like body‚ there has been much controversy regarding its origin. Questions about its purpose and who built it are very popular among the topic of the Sphinx. Although some scientists and geologists agree to disagree‚ most have come to one conclusion. The Egyptian Pharaoh Khafre originally ordered the Sphinx to be built as part of a tomb for his father

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    Pyramids from ancient Egyptian times were massive monuments made for kinds to be buried in and remembered by. The king would usually start construction of their pyramid as soon as they took the throne. The king would first create a committee with an architect‚ chief engineer as well as an overseer of construction. Paid laborers would work on the pyramids for about 4 months out of the year at a time because that was the time when the Nile River flooded and was impossible to farm the land. The plan

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    Zeus and Attributes

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    Zeus Description: Zeus has his sway over Mount Olympus and is the king of the Gods. He is the son of Cronus and Rhea‚ the husband to Hera‚ and has 15 children‚ all of whom were Olympians. Depiction: He is often depicted as a tall and a sturdy man with regal attire. He has long hair and a long beard. Generally‚ he is depicted in a standing pose‚ but we also have some seated sculptures of Zeus. Attributes: The thunderbolt is his main attribute which is generally placed in his right hand. Sometimes

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    How important was Polykleitos to the Development of the Kouros? In fifth century Greek free-standing sculpture Polykleitos and his works the Diadoumenos (430BCE) and the Doryphoros (440BCE) (which were originally bronze) are important in demonstrating the development of the Kouros as they highlight a great level of development in terms of the naturalism of a‚ sculpture‚ through the use of contrapposto and application of the ‘Cannon of Proportion’ which is attributed to Polykleitos. Whereas Polykleitos’

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    The Ptomelic Dynasty

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    The ptomelic dynasty All the kings of the Ptolemaic family had the same name To distinguish each reign they adopted descriptive name e.g. soter (Savior) and II Philadelphus (love sis) and III Euergetes (Benefactor) The Ptomleic rulers adopted the Egyptian ideas of hereditary‚ divine kingship The Egyptian ruler was associated with the god Amon or Horus (son of the great mother-goddess Isis and her brother/husband Osiris. Lord of the Dead. The ptolemies adopted the practise of royal incest i.e. the

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