The Hypostyle hall of the temple of Amen-Re at Karnak‚ Egypt was built during the Ramesside period. The hall was begun by Sety I and completed by the Ramesses II. It is one of the greatest architectural marvels at Karnak. The dimensions of the hypostyle hall are 338 feet in width and a depth of 170 feet. The hall is more than a third of the area of the St. Peter’s in Rome‚ at 56‚000 square feet. The design of a hypostyle hall allows for the construction of large spaces such as temples‚ public
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The golden rule poses a simple moral guideline that seems almost intuitive to many people: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” In his attempt to determine a code for what is right and what is wrong‚ John Stuart Mill argues for the “greatest happiness principle.” In his book Utilitarianism‚ he writes‚ “Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness” (7). In other words‚ the only metric of whether an action
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built a mead hall for himself‚ and his earls‚ he created Heorot. The building is like a palace. It towers high and is compared to a cliff. The gables are shaped like horns of the hart. People from neighboring tribes have respectfully contributed to the rich decorations and complicated designs. When Grendel invades the hall‚ he knows that he strikes at the very heart of the Scyldings. The hall symbolizes community‚ the concept of comitatus‚ and the achievements of the Scyldings. The hall symbolized
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On September 7‚ 1963‚ the Pro Football Hall of Fame officially opened its doors in Canton‚ Ohio. Although it started as a small project‚ with the help of several expansions and renovations‚ it is now one of the most renowned places that Ohio has to offer‚ particularly in the world of sports. Now‚ with the help of the most recent project‚ the “Future 50‚” the Hall of Fame is 118‚00 square feet‚ compared to the 19‚000 square feet it began with 54 years ago. The museum completed a 27 million dollar
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Popular Music Popular music‚ or pop music’‚ means music of the populace’. The term embraces all kinds of folk music which‚ originally made by illiterate people‚ were not written down. The creation of a popular music that aims simply at entertaining large numbers of people is a product of industrialisation‚ in which music became a commodity to be bought and sold. It is in the rapid industrialised nations‚ notably Britain and USA‚ that we first encounter composers who have devoted themselves
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Prince Hall was an African American‚ and considered one of the most prominent citizens of Boston‚ during the revolutionary period. He is also known as the father of Black Masonry. He is noted to be the founder and master of the African Lodge of the Honorable Society of Free and accepted Masons of Boston‚ which is the world’s first black Masonic lodge. Today this lodge is called African Lodge Number 459. African Lodge Number 459 is the foundation‚ or cornerstone‚ for the organization which still
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Ismael Nava Cultural Studies May 9‚ 2013 Comics‚ The X-Men‚ and Popular Culture The genre of comic books and the characters that are included in this fictional universe have taken an importance seat in American popular culture today. Comics can serve many purposes. Comics can be the favorite entertainment material that a person chooses to read. Comics can help someone pass the time as they take a break from a walk around their local mall‚ airport‚ or grocery store. The comic book can be the
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Article Wars Condom Use and its Myths In the first summary of a peer reviewed article‚ an article was found called Sexual Coercion‚ Verbal Aggression‚ and Condom Use Consistency among College Students. The journal in which this article was found is Journal of American College Health‚ Vol. 59‚ No. 4 pp.273-280. The greater hypothesis of this article was the staggering coalition of sexual coercion‚ which is the forcefulness of people to use peer pressure‚ alcohol‚ or other measures
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Utilitarianism states that “an act is only right if it causes the greatest happiness in the greatest number.” In his essay Utilitarianism‚ John Stuart Mill added a qualitative component to this mathematically driven theory. Mill created a distinction between higher‚ intellectual pleasures and lower‚ bodily pleasures. Mill stated that some pleasures are of a higher quality‚ and therefore are worth more. Additionally he stated that no quantity of a lower pleasure could achieve the same quality as
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Holroyd Hall front entrance has pillars that look similar in shape to the Parthenon. Inside the building in the atrium‚ the building also has these pillar shape structures. The building is a square shape as well‚ similar to the Parthenon. Holroyd Hall is the building on campus host to the Arts and Sciences classes. As we know from Greek culture‚ the Greeks valued art and science equally. The Greeks also made great advancements in math. Holroyd Hall hosts science‚ digital arts
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