Demotic

This stele was particularly unique from other stone tablets issued at the time because it was a trilingual text, containing three written scripts: Demotic, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Greek. The decree was issued by a group of Egyptian priests in the city of Canopus to commemorate the Ptolemaic monarch for the acts he had done for his subjects. This included the donation of gifts and subsidies to the…

Ever since man, we wondered about our origin, so our advances in technology allows Anthropologist to answer this lingering question. Early civilizations, discovered in the 1800’s, were found along the Nile River and other areas just northeast of Africa. The early civilizations were diverse in particular ways, but had similarities too. The political, social, and institutions of these areas will be analyzed further, because ideas eventually developed to form better civilizations in the future.…

The Nile River and Indues River Valley produced many independent cities that had features of civilization. Many cities emerge farmers begun cultivating fertile lands among rivers valleys and producing surplus. Farming was favored in these valleys. Flood waters produced silt across the valleys, renewing the soil and keeping it fertile. The river valleys also provided a regular water supply for the cities and their responsibilities. The rivers also had some challenges, farmers had to control the…

The Modern-Day Peacemaker A magical place filled with infinite knowledge. A place where no one has a face, and you may become anyone you would ever want. This place is much to demotic for a fairy tale or a child’s story. The modern-day Peacemaker, the great library of the twenty-first century. A place that changed my life for the better, that gave me purpose. This place led me out of the thick web of depression, constant real-world problems and even lead me to make friends. This place has…

For all that, feminist theorists are more interested in theorizing than in tensions evoked by the body. Gender is done or constructed by the person and others in his society. Contrary to this established idea, Judith Butler, in her book Undoing Gender, sees that gender can be done by resisting and escaping from the clutches of the social norm through which gender is recognized. She argues: “I may feel that without some recognizability I cannot live. But I may also feel that…

merged, or multiple category graffiti. In Ancient Egypt hieroglyphs were used on doorjambs, hallways, entranceways, or the reverse side of objects to give insight to history, public record, random facts and other stories. Then this was later used in Demotic graffiti to scribe mummy caskets. The “Sator Square” is found in many sites of the Roman Empire. It has the phrase “Sator opera tenet; tenet opera sator”, which is roughly translated to “The Great Sower holds in his hands all works; all…

Hieroglyphics were carved or painted on stone monuments, tombs and temples. A more common form of writing was Hieratic which was invented so that the priests could write records on papyrus. Hieratic writing still used pictures as symbols. Even simpler, the Demotic system developed from Hieratic writing and lacked pictures and so.this was in common use. It also was written on papyrus. Egyptian scientists observed the movement of the stars across the sky and noted that the annual flood of the Nile…

The history of communication media technology has been assessed from the controversial perspective of the benefits versus the negative implications it has on society. There is no doubt that the world has witnessed a long history of technological advent, adoption and use, resulting in the current state of rampant technology media application in the modern society (McQueen, 2003). Technology advancement has taken different forms, which may range from video, to computer-based, internet and now the…

Kingdom Egypt, marriage and having children is depicted to be the expected outcome of females across all levels of society, including the non-royal elite. Although their is no archaeological evidence in the New Kingdom of marriage associations, Demotic documents from later periods, suggest any type of formal ceremony of marriage or the binding of a man and woman. Reflecting marriage itself to be quite informal through documentation of agreements of property ownerships, and insurance of…

Gun control. Two words that have been fought and debated over for hundreds of years. Two words that have caused war in countries around the world. Two words that Communist and Dictatorship parties have used to disarm their own people and others for total control. Now, the United States is facing the same problem more than ever. In this twenty first century, the United States government is try everything they got in their arsenal to win the battle for gun control. The ones who are doing the…