Art of ancient Egypt

the walls of so many tombs were carefully painted because of the ancient Egyptians believed that these tomb paintings would make the afterlife of the deceased a more pleasant place so they created beautiful paintings. Some of the scenes painted were of the journey through the afterlife or their gods or goddesses introducing the deceased to the gods of the underworld such as Osiris. Tomb paintings were also there to show activities that the deceased were involved and enjoyed doing when they were…

lines for the travels in Peru, and since learning about them I have been interesting in flying over the lines in a plane. Viewing them would allow me to see an undisturbed slice of the past. To others, they may represent an emphasis on religion and ancient society. Whichever way they are interpreted, they continue to baffle the…

Laws of Hammurabi The Laws of Hammurabi are an incredible insight to how to the ancient Babylonian society was run. Through the laws we not only get an understanding of the culture of the time, but also what was important to the society, which punishments were deemed appropriate, and how social relations were constructed. By reading the Laws of Hammurabi you can find several mentions of the social structure, the hierarchical way that the society is organized, that existed in Babylonian time.…

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION Briefly describe the time and setting/environment where the religion was formed. The Ancient Egyptian religion was formed roughly around 3000 BC in Ancient Egypt which at the time was located along the Nile River. Throughout the Nile River there were several cataracts (large waterfalls) stretching south along the Nile that marked areas, Ancient Egypt ruled the area north of the first cataract. Ancient Egypt was combined with two…

economic status. In Ancient Egypt they go by a Social Pyramid (which is shown at the top). This Social Pyramid includes groups such as the Pharaoh, Artisans, Merchants, Government Officials, Soldiers, Scribes, Farmers, and Slaves. The rating simply goes Pharaoh, Government Officials, Soldiers, Scribes Merchants, Artisans, Farmers, and Slaves. You may be wondering, why is it in this specific order? Well here's why. Pharaohs were automatically on top because people of Egypt believed that…

The Mysteries of the Easter Island Statues Explorers in the 18th century hoped to find something monumental, perhaps outlandish. When sailors made landfall on a tiny remote island, they found much more than they could have imagined: a land with a mysterious past and monumental statues that seemed far beyond their imaginations. Rapa Nui, or Easter Island as it was to become known, is the Polynesian island found in the southeast Pacific Ocean. Easter Island is considered to be one of the…

wealth. The statue features the King sitting down, wearing a tunic over the left shoulder, with a very long left sleeve. The way his hands are folded suggest a calm. The writing down his tunic inscribe the temples he rebuilt. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017)…

Although the Celtic and Stardéw Civilization had some similarities, there were also a few differences. The Stardéw Civilization has been started because a group of people were in search for a new land. The civilization was run in a monarchy by one single king, and the lower ranks under him, all the way down to slaves at the bottom. They chose the fork in the Fertile Crescent where the Nile River was because this was a great source for fertile soil, giving the plants that would be grown there key…

The Lebombo Bone is a Baboon Fibula, it is an ancient mathematical artifact. It was used as a Tally Stick and is nearly 35,000 years old. With the Ishango Bone is dating back to 20,000 B.C. it is yet another amazing mathematical artifact. Found in the 1970’s during the excavations of a Border Cave, the bone was found with nearly 29 clear defined notches and with it being found it was stated that it was the oldest mathematical artifact dating it was approximately dated back to 35,000 B.C. Judging…

Did you ever know the river, the Nile, shaped ancient Egypt. Everything Ancient Egypt had and their existence was from the help of the Nile river. The Nile brought recourses that you would have never find in the desert of Egypt. The nile shaped Egypt by the transportation,and the flood cycle. Transportation was one main thing the Nile helped. If you were a farmer, trader, or merchant and your house is far from a community, but you need to sell trade, or give your goods to people. Would you…