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    Statue of Memi and Sabu shows to persons‚ one man and one woman standing beside each other. The man is taller and in both people only part of their body is covered. Seated Statue of Gudea represents a person who is seated and his cloth covers all his body. The person is a man. In the first one‚ the sculpture is lighter and uses a brighter color. In the second one‚ the sculpture uses curvy lines and it sounds like they have used more advanced tools or techniques to make it since it is clear the second

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    Image pair 1: Four statues of Pharaoh Ramesses II (with smaller royal family figures)‚ 20m high‚ Exterior: Abu Simbel temple‚ Egypt‚ 1279-1213 BCE Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ David‚ marble‚ 1.7m high‚
Galleria Borghese‚ Rome 1623-4‚ At the exterior to the Abu Simbel Temple‚ in the small village of Nubia in Southern Egypt‚ there lies the ‘Four statues of Pharaoh Ramesses II’. These 20 metre tall‚ statues were carved into the bare stone at around 1279- 1213 BCE‚ and were an exaggeration of Ramesses II’s

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    rushed to the hospital‚ but it was already too late. He died two days later. The teenagers involved were too scared that they and their friend would get in trouble and it cost them their friend’s life. Although there are some teenagers in “To Tell or Not to Tell”‚ by Mary Kate Frank arguing that telling on friends hurts friendships‚ closer examination shows that telling adults could save lives. Take Natalia Szurawski for example: Her friend confided in her and told her that she didn’t want to live

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    Florida had the first free city for blacks which were known as Fort Mose. This is where blacks that ran away from their slave owner would go. But‚ they were not alone this time they were accompanied by the Native Americans. Blacks and Native Americans both resisted slavery by joining forces‚ fleeing the country‚ and starting wars. They did this to ensure they weren’t enslaved again. Even though at times their attempts were not successful. Unsuccessfully attempting to overthrow Spanish rule in the

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    The Tell-Tale Heart from the point of view of the old man Curse this eye! A curse be upon this cold‚ lifeless form that rest in the socket where a vibrant‚ living eye once was. I believe I shall never fully adjust my vision to my one living eye. Thanks be to heaven for the lad that has come into my life to take care of me in my old age. He makes me yearn for my lost youth. So full of life is he. I thought for so long I would spend my last years on this earth alone‚ stumbling around my house

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    “The Tell-Tale Heart” Indeed Tells A Tale Edgar Allan Poe ’s “A Tell-Tale Heart” is a first person account of a mad man as he justifies‚ plans‚ and commits murder. The tale begins with the speaker‚ a nameless man‚ explaining that he is not insane but‚ instead‚ a thoughtful and logical man who is taunted by his old friend ’s deformed eye and‚ in turn‚ is left with no choice but to “take the life of the old man‚ and thus rid myself of the eye for ever” (Poe 1245). Poe’s colorful prose takes the reader

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    not a psychopath then maybe this will change your mind. (Poe)The narrator of the story "Tell Tale Heart" is a psychopath because he can’t stay calm while the police officers were sitting down. Another reason is that he wasn’t able to wait for the old man to go back to sleep on the eighth night. A third reason is that he suffocated the old man with his own mattress‚ then cut him up shortly after.(Poe) Tale Tell Heart is by Edgar Allen poe‚ it has a middle aged man along with an old man. The narrator

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    Statue of Hatshepsut Seated The seated statue of Hatshepsut is dated around ca. 1473-1458 B.C. around the 18th dynasty in Deir el-Bahri‚ Upper Egypt. This statue is made entirely out of indurated limestone and has a height of 195 cm‚ width of 49 cm‚ and diameter of 114 cm. Many statues like this were found in her mortuary temple that has been ransacked and destroyed by bandits and pharaohs. I consider this statue to be in very bad condition because of its age and the history behind it. From first

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    History of the Statue of Liberty It’s one of the most famous landmarks in the entire world. Standing guard in New York Harbor since 1886‚ the iconic Statue of Liberty has been one of New York City’s and America’s most treasured symbols for well over a century now. But did you know the statue actually has a very tumultuous history and‚ almost unbelievably‚ was almost never built? Here’s a quick look at the hidden history of the famed Statue of Liberty. Origins The genesis of the Statue of Liberty goes

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    Summary: statues of christopher columbus were vandalized in multiple cities in Connecticut the night before indigenous peoples day (Columbus day). Red paint were thrown on top of the statues‚ the words “FAKE NEWS” and “Kill the Colonizer” were graffitied on the pedestal of the statues. Officials believe the anarchist group Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement is behind the vandalism. The group is affiliated with the Antifa movement‚ which urged members to deface statues using the social media hashtag

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