Rome brought many architectural innovations to the world‚ and their art influenced art for many centuries. Roman art includes architecture‚ painting‚ sculpture and mosaic work. In this short Learning Journal I will discuss how did the purpose of the sculpture and painting of Rome differ. Roman sculpture was heavily influenced by Greek sculpture. In fact‚ many of the Roman sculptures were just copies of Greek sculptures. But the Roman sculpture was created to serve a purpose: namely‚ to impress
Premium
One difference between the ancient and modern Olympic Games is that the ancient games were played within the context of a religious festival. One of the more intriguing true stories about ancient Greece and the Olympics of ancient Greece would have to be that during the Olympic Games‚ all fighting stopped. No matter how long or how fierce a battle had raged‚ every soldier in the battlefield put down his weapons and travelled to Olympia‚ there they would compete in athletic games designed to honour
Premium Ancient Olympic Games Olympic Games Greece
The Harappan Civilization some several thousand years ago there once thrived a civilization in the Indus Valley. Located in what ’s now Pakistan and western India‚ it was the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. (1) The Indus Valley Civilization‚ as it is called‚ covered an area the size of western Europe. It was the largest of the four ancient civilizations of Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ India and China. However‚ of all these civilizations the least is known about the Indus Valley people
Premium Indus Valley Civilization
consequence of Henry VII’s victory‚ Richard III’s remains received burial without pomp and were lost for more than five centuries. In 2012‚ an archaeological excavation was conducted on a city council car park on the site once occupied by Greyfriars‚ Leicester. The University of Leicester confirmed on 4 February 2013 that a skeleton found in the excavation was of Richard III.
Premium Edward IV of England Richard III of England House of York
INTERNATIONAL CHARTER FOR THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF MONUMENTS AND SITES (THE VENICE CHARTER 1964) IInd International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments‚ Venice‚ 1964. Adopted by ICOMOS in 1965. Imbued with a message from the past‚ the historic monuments of generations of people remain to the present day as living witnesses of their age-old traditions. People are becoming more and more conscious of the unity of human values and regard ancient monuments as a common
Premium Cultural heritage History Excavation
Troy its self the real city of Troy was the 10th layer of city’s down. BACKGROUND Heinrich Schliemann was born at Neubukow in Mecklenburg on the 6th of January 1822; he died on December 26th 1890‚ after his surgery. In 1870 Schliemann began excavations at Hisarlik under the permit of Frank Caluert and Frank Caluter had obtained for him with the members of Caluert’s crew. Schliemann was the man who took it that one step further to prove the Trojan myth true and show that it has some historical
Premium Homer Odyssey Trojan War
Archaeological Site of Troy Brief Description Troy‚ with its 4‚000 years of history‚ is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. The first excavations at the site were undertaken by the famous archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1870. In scientific terms‚ its extensive remains are the most significant demonstration of the first contact between the civilizations of Anatolia and the Mediterranean world. Moreover‚ the siege of Troy by Spartan and Achaean warriors from Greece in
Premium Homer Trojan War Troy
and was sent to live with his aunts in Norfolk. 4. He had private home schooling 5. He had an artistic streak from an early age. B. Howard headed to Egypt in 1891‚ at the age of 17‚ where he was to work on the Egypt Exploration Fund’s excavation of the Middle Kingdom tombs at Beni Hassan. 1. For the next several years‚ Carter worked under different archaeologists at sites including Amarna‚ Deir el Babri‚ Thebes‚ Edfu and Abu Simbel. In 2. 1907‚ Carter was hired by wealthy English
Premium Tutankhamun
probable causes and likelihood of the Trojan War as a historical event. These sources include ancient epics such as Homer’s Iliad‚ the Cypria‚ historical tablets such as the Hittite records and more archaeological findings from excavations. Through archaeological excavations at Hisarlik‚ the site believed to be Troy‚ and other ancient sites‚ there is considerable evidence that reveal the potential causes of the Trojan War and that support its likelihood. Ancient Greek mythology conveys the story
Premium Trojan War Homer Achilles
testing and also case studies give us information to use this technique or not. Introduction: Soil nailing is technique in which retaining walls‚ soil slopes and excavation are reinforced passively by the help of steel bars or may be by inserting the relative slender element. The structural elements which transfer load to ground in excavation reinforcement are called nails. The concept of soil nailing was developed in early 1970 in Europe for repairing of earth wall‚ for stabilization of permanent and
Premium Soil Geotechnical engineering