The year of 2056 is a big year for us all. Technology has taken a big leap forward and scientists have quite possibly achieved the impossible. One of the scientists, Sally Makinson working with TimeCooperation, has successfully returned from the past after a week of having disappeared from our present time. After really being in Ancient Egypt, seeing exactly what it was like back then, Time magazine has made sure to be one of the first to interview Mackinson and get all the juicy details. Read the next few pages to find out exactly what it was like to travel back in time and really see Egypt like it was back then.
The first thing Makinson said she noticed when she arrived in Ancient Egypt was the Language she heard. Being a specialist …show more content…
She said that the characteristics of the ancient Egyptians are demonstrated by things that lasted for thousands of years such as basic machines and other simple things they used in their day to day life. They used the ramp and the lever during construction processes, and rose trusses to stiffen the beam of ships. Egyptian paper was made from papyrus and pottery was seen everywhere she went. Makinson got to see for herself egyptian hieroglyphs, a photogenic writing system, served as the basis for the Phoenician alphabet where later other alphabets were created. With this ability, writing and record keeping, the Egyptians developed one of the first decimal system. The Egyptians were also responsible for developing geometry for purposes of construction, advances in mathematics and astronomy, improvements in irrigation and agriculture, ship building and aerodynamics the wheel and …show more content…
Art was highly symbolic and fascinating. It revolved around the past and was intended to keep history alive. The ancient Egyptians created paintings to make the afterlife of the deceased a pleasant place. Beautiful paintings were created for that purpose. The themes included journey through the afterworld or their protective deities introducing the deceased to the gods of the underworld. Some examples of such paintings are paintings of Osiris and Warriors. Egyptians would create statues of the Gods that they worshipped such as Osiris and Isis. They used art for temple offerings, many of their artworks had a lot of meaning or symbolism to them. Ancient Egyptian literature was also considered part of Ancient Egyptian art, because the texts and connected pictures were recorded on papyrus or on wall paintings and so on. They date from the Old Kingdom to the Greco-Roman period.The subject of such literature related art forms include hymns to the gods and mythological and magical texts. Other subjects were biographical and historical texts, scientific premises, including mathematical and medical texts, wisdom texts about instructive literature, and stories.some of these stories from the ancient Egypt have survived thousand of years, for example, Cinderella, where her names is Rhodopis in the oldest version of the
The first thing Makinson said she noticed when she arrived in Ancient Egypt was the Language she heard. Being a specialist …show more content…
She said that the characteristics of the ancient Egyptians are demonstrated by things that lasted for thousands of years such as basic machines and other simple things they used in their day to day life. They used the ramp and the lever during construction processes, and rose trusses to stiffen the beam of ships. Egyptian paper was made from papyrus and pottery was seen everywhere she went. Makinson got to see for herself egyptian hieroglyphs, a photogenic writing system, served as the basis for the Phoenician alphabet where later other alphabets were created. With this ability, writing and record keeping, the Egyptians developed one of the first decimal system. The Egyptians were also responsible for developing geometry for purposes of construction, advances in mathematics and astronomy, improvements in irrigation and agriculture, ship building and aerodynamics the wheel and …show more content…
Art was highly symbolic and fascinating. It revolved around the past and was intended to keep history alive. The ancient Egyptians created paintings to make the afterlife of the deceased a pleasant place. Beautiful paintings were created for that purpose. The themes included journey through the afterworld or their protective deities introducing the deceased to the gods of the underworld. Some examples of such paintings are paintings of Osiris and Warriors. Egyptians would create statues of the Gods that they worshipped such as Osiris and Isis. They used art for temple offerings, many of their artworks had a lot of meaning or symbolism to them. Ancient Egyptian literature was also considered part of Ancient Egyptian art, because the texts and connected pictures were recorded on papyrus or on wall paintings and so on. They date from the Old Kingdom to the Greco-Roman period.The subject of such literature related art forms include hymns to the gods and mythological and magical texts. Other subjects were biographical and historical texts, scientific premises, including mathematical and medical texts, wisdom texts about instructive literature, and stories.some of these stories from the ancient Egypt have survived thousand of years, for example, Cinderella, where her names is Rhodopis in the oldest version of the