Amarna

formed into waves or spirals that were draped over each shoulder New Kingdom Wigs: with groupings of long, tassel-ended tails. Women’s wigs were larger and bulkier, and decorations became hugely popular, including beads and ribbons, and fancy caps Amarna Period Wigs: short and simple Beard wigs: false beards made of human hair or wool that were worn using hooks that fastened behind each ear. It were aims to show pharaonic power, symbol of they were living gods on earth. Egypt King and queen…

Neolithic (late Stone Age) communities in northeastern Africa exchanged hunting for agriculture and made early advances that paved the way for the later development of Egyptian arts and crafts, technology, politics and religion (including a great reverence for the dead and possibly a belief in life after death). Around 3400 B.C., two separate kingdoms were established: the Red Land to the north, based in the Nile River Delta and extending along the Nile perhaps to Atfih; and the White Land in…

Ancient Mesopotamia is located in-between the Tigris river and the Euphrates river in Europe. With-in Mesopotamia is Babylonia which was located where the two rivers meet, with-in Babylonia is Akkad and Sumer. Akkad was located in the northern part of Babylonia while Sumer was located in the south in the channel of the river system. According to Robert A. Guisepi in his article Sumeria, Ancient Sumeria (Sumer), A History of Ancient Sumer Including its Contributions; Sumer was “broken by river…

allowed archaeologists to discover the history and linguists to learn ancient languages. However, the writings used in the past, and still used now, were a communication method between people and cities. The Rosetta Stone, Bisutun Inscription and Amarna tablets are examples of thousands of writings found from historical site. The fact that illiterate rate is high among…

Nefertiti was an extremely powerful Queen during the eighteenth dynasty, and to this day she remains one of the most famous Egyptian Queens to have ever ruled. Nefertiti translates to “the beautiful woman has come”. She is suspected to have been very tall, thin, and she was known as the most beautiful woman in all of Egypt during her time. At age 15 she married Amenhotep who is later known as Akenhaton. Even though she was the wife of King Akenhaton, she along with other women played a…

KARNAK TEMPLE Karnak temple is one of the largest religious buildings located at Luxor, south of Cairo, Egypt. (Frederick Monderson, 2007 Page10-Page12) In fact, Karnak temple is the modern name while the ancient name was Ipet-isut and the meaning of this temple is “The most sacred of places”. The temple’s covering is about 200 acres and this huge temple has 2000 years history. The Open Air Museum is at the north of the first courtyard. Next, Karnak temple was separate in three parts…