The Tomb of Tausert and Setnakht The tomb of Tausert and Setnakht is one of the most unique tombs in the Valley of the Kings‚ as well as being one of the largest tombs in the valley. Unlike any of the other tombs in the valley‚ it encompasses two complete burial chambers. It was originally built for Tausert‚ a queen and wife of Seti II. Tausert was one of the few queens who ruled Egypt as pharaoh. She was the second wife of Seti II. It was Seti II that ordered her tomb to be built. This was
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One of the most well known area visited of Arlington National Cemetery is the Tomb of the Unknowns. Many of the soldiers buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns fought in World War One. Additionally‚ millions of soldiers had died during the first World War and many American soldiers were brought home from the European battlefields and many others’ were never identified. On October 21‚ 1921‚ four coffins were dug up from the four American military cemeteries‚ which were located in France. Corporal
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The Tomb of Qin Shihuandi is a massive tomb that is surrounded by thousands of terra-cotta soldiers frozen as sentries for the “First Emperor” of China. Over eight thousand soldiers have been unearthed‚ along with stone chariots and horses. Many precious treasures have been found as well‚ such as jade jewelry and ornaments made with precious metals. The actual tomb part of the site has yet to be excavated‚ but is said to have the emperor buried in a bronze casket in a pool of mercury. Tests have
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Ancient History Preliminary Assessment Task 2013 TRANSCRIPT: TUTANKHAMUN’S TOMB‚ EGYPT When archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922‚ he remarked that it was “the day of days‚ the most wonderful that I have ever lived through‚ and certainly one whose like I can never hope to see again.” On that November day‚ not only had this man uncovered an unknown ancient Egyptian tomb‚ but one that had lain nearly undisturbed for over 3000 years whose remains laying within astounded
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When “An Arundel Tomb” was first published in The Whitsun Weddings in 1964‚ a number of reviewers singled the poem out for comment. Christopher Ricks‚ in The New York Review of Books‚ described Larkin as “the best poet England now has‚” and said of the collection “people will be grateful for its best poems for a long time.” Ricks listed “An Arundel Tomb” as one of the six best poems. Praise came also from Joseph L. Feather-stone‚ in New Republic‚ who used the last two lines of the poem to illustrate
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Report on chosen exhibits of Istanbul Archaeological Museum In this report‚ I’m going to write about my expressions about Istanbul Archaeological Museum and then I will focus on Egyptian tomb find which is a section of Ancient Orient Museum. Istanbul Archaeological Museum is the first museums of Turkey and also a great museum which have several collections from different cultures and periods. The museum firstly fascinates me from its courtyard‚ because I perceived the building of Archeological Museum
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a practice utilized throughout the world to memorialize soldiers who have died in modern wars without being identified. The first monument of this kind was the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers in Frederica‚ Denmark (1858)‚ which memorialized unknown soldiers who died in the First War of Schleswig. Another such Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is found in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania and was erected in 1866 to honor those soldiers who died during the American Civil War. The history
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The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb was one of the most significant discoveries of the 20th‚ century. The tomb was hidden for 3000 years before being discovered by archaeologist ‘Howard Carter.’ Tutankhamun’s tomb was the first tomb discovered that hadn’t been raided this perhaps is what made Tutankhamun so popular. The tomb was such a memorable discovery that the world created a new pop-culture ‘ Tut-Mania’ as a result of this creation‚ many different types of merchandise were released. Tutenstien
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contains many tomb of kings from the New kingdom Howard Carter – worked in Egypt for 31 years before discovery‚ started at 17 copying wall scenes and inscriptions. In 1907‚ George Herbert the 5th was the Earl of Canarvan place in England (Lord Canarvan) hired Howard Carter after his first season of searching for sites was unsuccessfull. Canarvan funded Carter’s whole excavation‚ and if it wasn’t for Lord Canarvan‚ he would not have been able to fund it himself. They Discovered the Tomb on November
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The Red Fort‚ Delhi The Red Fort‚ with a circumference of over 2.2 kilometers‚ was laid out by the banks of the Yamuna river in the 17th century. The Mughal emperor Shajahan built it with the ambition of concentrating the Mughal power in one monument. Monument is perhaps not the right word. A mini-city is more like it. Unfortunately for the emperor‚ before he could move his capital from Agra to Shahjahanabad in Delhi‚ he was taken a political prisoner by his son Aurangazeb. The fort is a delight
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