Ancient Egyptian religion

Eastern and western religions are used as an ethical basis for societies and individual believers to adhere to. In understanding this ethical influence of religions, it is essential to understand the fundamental views of time and the afterlife according to each religious tradition. In the following pages, I will analyze and compare the Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, and Christian teachings of afterlife, time, and the effects of these teachings on religion-based ethics. Hinduism, founded by Aryans in…

History of Technology: Interpreting the Context around the Camel In The Camel and the Wheel, by Richard W. Bulliet, Bulliet argues that the camel replaced the wheel in certain regions of the world. Bulliet discusses the domestication of camels, using them for transporting loads, and people. Bulliet argues that due to the camel’s ability to survive in desert climates, and its usefulness as a pack animal, it replaced the wheel entirely until currently. In History: Neglected Clue to…

Hatshepsut’s Temple at Deir-el-Bahari was constructed after queen Hatshepsut obtained the status of being considered “god-like” and Kind during the period of 1479-1458BCE. The constructor of the temple was determined to be her steward, tutor of Neferu-Ra, and possibly the potential “lover” of Hatshepsut herself. Her temple was modeled after the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II. He was the considerable Thebian King who established the 11th Dynasty & began the center Kingdom of Egypt (2040-1782).…

1. The work of art is titled Burial Mask of Pakal, the Great. The mask was found on Pakal the Great inside of his tomb, the Temple of Inscriptions located in Palenque, Mexico. The mask was made in 683 CE, the same time as Pakal the Great’s death. The burial mask has over 300 tiles crafted out of jadeite, kosmochlor, albite, veined quartz, shell, and pearl. The mask is “life-size”. 2. As I study the picture, I notice how the green color varies and I can see a lot of white and natural earth colors…

It is also known that all the four Caliphs did not interfere in the any other religion and they followed god’s word in Quran “everyone has his own religion”. In other words, Omar agreed to allow the Christians to keep practicing their faith with several conditions. Muslims claim that this pact shows how open-minded Islam was in dealing with non-Muslims in newly entered…

The race and race ideology of Ancient Egypt has been a contested terrain since the nineteenth century. Scholars all over, especially in western parts of the world, have participated in researching what exactly the Ancient Egyptians were and how they viewed race in their culture. Ancient Egypt has been so controversial among many because of the incredulous knowledge they possessed that allowed them to create an abundance of early technologies and be one of the most advanced cultures of their time…

1952 coup did not only affect politics and the economy. In tandem with economic reform and social justice movements, Egyptians faced a change in the collective mind of the nation, the relationships of individuals, new morals and values, and growing national identity. In The Open Door, Latifa al-Zayyat highlights how the political revolution changed the personal lives of Egyptians. Her novel fills the holes that are often left empty by purely historical discussions. With this book, she attempts…

187).’’ Egyptian awareness of the Canaanite commercial jar was as earlier as the late Middle Kingdom to Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1800-1550) (Wood 1987: 78) as “Asiatic settlers brought with them, and no doubt continued to produce locally, their native wares, including the handled store jar. Many examples of handled Syro-Palestinian store jars have been recovered from these settlements (Wood 1987: 78).’’ Tomb wall paintings and reliefs from the 15th century B.C.E. depicts Egyptians…

III, becoming co-ruler of Egypt with him in 1473 B.C. She then sent Thutmose III to the military so she could be the sole ruler of Egypt. She then transitioned into being Pharaoh by using many different strategies. As Pharaoh, Hatshepsut extended Egyptian trade and built the Temple of Deir el-Bahri, located in western Thebes, where she would be buried. Depicted as a male in many images and sculptures, at her own orders, Hatshepsut remained unknown to scholars until the 19th century.…

there are many pronounced similarities and differences around the topics of the economy, education and a women's role within her family. Women in Egyptian and Chinese culture have many similarities and differences…