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Sarcophagus and Mummy of Taosir This wooden coffin, discovered in the ruins of the ancient city of Ipu holds the mummified body of Taosir, the daughter of Nesmin and Taamun, priestess of Osiris in the city of Ipu around 600 BC. Its bright colors, the details of the decoration, and the good condition of its hieroglyphic text are excellent testimonies of Egyptian life in 600 BC. Falcon sarcophagus with Osiris mummy Within this sarcophagus, which was crafted in the image of the falcon god…

Auset, also known as Isis a very well known goddess. She is the egyptian goddess of magic,giver of life, healing, wisdom, love, motherhood,renewal, power, and also marriage.The meaning behind her name is “ she of the throne”. Auset is the eldest sister of her three siblings, Osiris, Seth, and Nephthys. Their parents were Geb the god of Earth and Nut the goddess of sky. Isis (Auset) was not like the other goddesses, she would take time and sit amongst her people. She would teach them such things…

List of famous ancient Egyptians King tut Cleopatra Khufu Menes Akhenaten Khufu is the famous ancient Egyptian that I chose Because he was the pharaoh during the creation of the tallest Pyramid, The great Pyramid Giza or the most remembered monument in Egypt and I liked the sound of his name. B. Making the great pyramid Giza so he could be remembered for ever and ever. He did he made the biggest most remembered monument in Egypt. And he made the great Sphinx to scare all the tomb raiders.…

take place, and the embalmer would prepare the body and remove the organs. King Tutankhamun was a famous Egyptian pharaoah in the 18th ancestry. He was born in 1342 bc in Ancient Egypt, he was buried in KV62, Egypt, his parents were Akhenaten and The Younger Lady. King Tutankahamun was also referred as king tut. Like the larger part of the royal and independent population of ancient Egypt , King Tut was mummified. King Tut never left the Valleys of King even since his mummification.…

Zhu Yuanzhang: Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398) was a peasant who became the leader of a nonconformity against the Yuan rulers (1279-1368) called the Red Turbans. Then became the first emperor of the Ming Empire. During his youth, he was extremely poor. Several of his brothers were sent or sold away, and then his family was killed by a flood. He was poverty stricken. He went to a Buddhist monastery where he learned to read and write when he was 24 years old. He established a capital in…

it was fundamental to them, they were bound by tradition and unwilling to change. The recorded setting of old Egyptian religion is built up in Egypt's old circumstances and it continued for quite a while. Aside from the Amarna Period (when King Akhenaten practiced monotheism), the old Egyptians believed in polytheism, or various perfect…

later stolen by Hans Frank. It was found by the Monuments Men in Hans Frank apartment. Another piece of art recovered was a sculpture called Sculptor Thutmose. It is a sculpture of Nefertiti who was the great royal wife of an Egyptian Pharaoh named Akhenaten. It was discovered by an egyptologist and Egypt offered to trade it with another ancient sculpture, but it was overruled by Hitler who thought it belonged in Germany for his personal museum. It was hidden in Merkers salt mine by the Nazis…

The Great Hymn to the Aten is an epic poem written during the reign of King Amenhotep IV in the 1300’s BC. The center of this was Aten, the sun god, and was is referred to as Atenism. This hymn was the description of Aten and praise of his power. “You made the earth as you wished, you alone, All peoples, herds and flocks;...” (Puchner 31). There are several references to creation in various forms, all attributed to Aten. Up until this point, Egypt, like many cultures were polytheistic…

The Dagger of Tutankhamun was a symbol of power and authority for King Tut. It was made to protect King Tut in the afterlife, This is why it was buried with him in his tomb. The dagger depicted him as strong and powerful. Tutankhamun's dagger was a very unique dagger. It was made out of rare material which no ordinary Egyptian had. The dagger was crafted specifically for Tutankhamun out of precious metals only he could obtain. The ancient Egypt civilization was an independent and unified…

Tran-Saharan Trade Question Essay The Tran-Saharan trade based in the Savannah Belt or Western Sudan, as it is sometimes referred to as, helped North and South Africa trade with one another. The need for trade in these areas and the long distances that would often be traveled, brought forth the use of what is now called “caravan trade.” or rather, simply the use of camels to bring the traders where they needed to go quicker than they could walk. Not only was this a pragmatic event, it also…