Art of ancient Egypt

Osiris is thought to be the ruler of the underworld, as well as the King of the dead, resurrection, and afterlife. It was thought that Osiris would be the one to judge your life as a whole, from the great deeds you completed to your lives unforgivable moments. Once he had completed a full judgement he would then in turn determine that persons chances for eternal rest. Osiris was the husband and brother of Isis (goddess of health, wisdom, and marriage), father to Horus (god of the sky and…

It lasted until the downfall of Sumer, in 1750 BCE. The Sumerians had so many major advances during this time, it was also known as the Sumerian Renaissance. They maintained peace during this whole period and had many cultural advancements such as art and technology. These flourished because the peace gave everyone more time to focus on other things. They have many firsts in history, 39 according to bookwriter, Samuel Noah Kramer. Some of the firsts were the first schools, the first legal…

Material Correlates The Dani make and use a large number of items such as weapons, tools, shelters and watch towers, clothes, and other miscellaneous items. The Dani do not have ceramic technology, which is indicative that not all farming societies develop ceramics. The Dani do have access to clay, as they wear it around the eyes for ritualistic purposes, but have never used this clay for ceramic purposes as far as we can tell. Most of the Dani items are made of wood and stone, however modern…

The Peqi’in Burial Cave The Peqi'in cave is situated in the Galilean hills, which sloped down to the “east to Peqi’in valley” in northern Israel . The Peqi’in cave was discovered in 1995, when a road was being built when a “bulldozer accidentally” collapsed the roof of the cave . In the summer of 1995, salvage excavation was conducted by Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) . This Chalcolithic burial site was revealed to be a geologically active cave. Stratigraphy The length of the cave is 17…

On the surface, the four river valleys may seem similar, but despite all prospering alongside a river bank, or two, life within the Chinese, Indian, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian civilizations were all unique experiences. Worshiping many gods appears to be the only similarity within the Chinese, Indian, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian religious practices and beliefs. The way in which they worship, the sophistication in their religious text, and how their religion defines their civilization all widely…

Ancient Greek art can largely categorize into four periods, Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. This is excluding the Protogeometric Period and the Orientalizing Period. The Protogeometric Period took place before the Geometric period during the Greek dark ages. Before that, most works of art are categorized as Aegean Art. The Orientalizing Period took place between the Geometric Period and the Archaic Period though stylistically is relatively unimportant and is largely absorbed by…

Copper-alloy miniature votive dagger. The pommel is uneven and spherical with a ridge at the top. The pommel narrows into the slightly curved grip. The guard is a square shape with two parallel grooves on each side. The blade narrows into a dulled point. There is a round hole three-quarters of the way up the blade. The back is chipped on the left edge of the blade near the point (as seen in figure 1) and has furrows on the blade below the hole. The front has scratches on the blade above both…

Functioning as the crucial pathway of Ancient Rome, Iran and China, Xinjiang also links the cultural exchange between China and India. The Buddhist artifacts discovered in Xinjiang rarely came with exact evidence that proves time, which brings difficulty to the creation of a chronology. Buddhism…

industry in Egypt has always played a major role in Egypt’s economy. Irrigation for a desert like climate as Egypt is its livelihood and this all depends on the Nile River. Since ancient times the Nile river’s irrigation shaped ancient Egypt and ancient Egyptians were able to produce an abundance of food, as a result this gave Egyptians an advantage allowing them to focus more of their time and resources to other aspects of a civilization such as technology, and cultural pursuits. The Ancient…

Although both the reading and listening passage are about the geological and archeological evidence that determine the date that the Sphinx wax built, yet the two passages are in many way polar opposites. The writer states that the Sphinx was built in the Old Kingdom period, whereas the professor claims are entirely different. To begin with, as mentioned in the reading passage, the techniques that were employed to construct the Sphinx match the ones that was commonly in the Old Kingdom period.…