Located in northeastern Africa, Egypt is bordered by the Mediterranean on one side, a desert on another, and mountains on a third. This geography let the Egyptians live in relative peace around the River Nile. The Nile is over 4000 miles long and its annual floods fertilized the surrounding valley. The Egyptians gradually learned how to manage and store the water in canals and basins for irrigation, and they used measuring devices called a nilometers to measure the water levels. By implementing…
1. The flourishing of Egyptian and Nubian societies along the Nile River can be attributed largely to the shift in climate which happened in North Africa during the 6th millennium B.C.E.; the general migration of the Sudanic nomads disseminated itself over time along the Nile Delta, and down the river itself. 2. Until the completion of the Aswan Dam (1968), the Nile always flooded yearly, creating floodplains and leaving alluvial mineral deposits in the downstream soil which made it very…
Throughout history, artists have depicted women to uphold different ideals of beauty that directly correlated with the world around them. The Bust of Queen Nefertiti, depicting the grace and power of a dominant Egyptian queen that corresponds with both the views of women as well as idealized beauty of the Amarna period; the Venus of Urbino, a piece that portrays the ideals of beauty, of the Renaissance that still remains fairly unknown in purpose and depiction; and Judith Slaying Holofernes,…
lined with sphinxes. The sphinxes were unique in that they had ram heads, to honor the god, Amun, but were later replaced with the more typical human-headed sphinxes (Sullivan 2001). Other temples in Karnak include the temple of Mut, the temple of Aten, the temple of Khonsu, and the temple of Montu (Sullivan…
Physical/Psychological Well-Being: Spiritual Meaning as a Mediator. Holland, Karen J.; Lee, Jerry W.; Marshak, Helen H.; Martin, Leslie R. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Jan 21 , 2016, No Pagination Specified. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel000006 • Aten, Jamie D. and Mark M. Leach. 2008. Spirituality and the therapeutic process: A comprehensive resource from intake through termination. New York: Routledge. Baron, Reuben M. and David A. Kenny. 1986. The moderator-mediator variable…
Today is the day! The group and I have at last touched base in an unknown ancient city located in Turkey to start inspecting the site I discovered a couple of weeks back. My objective of this trip is to figure out how this ancient civilization used to live. This city has numerous captivating locales that will lead me to my disclosures of this ancient human progress. A couple of essential locales in this city that I will be investigating are The Theater, the Bouleuterion, The Temple of Aphrodite,…
high economic status had higher self worth than children from low socio economic status. Adams et al. (2013) in their study of children at school, studied the children’s self worth. They measured gender, culture, social and socioeconomic status. Aten et al. (2005) found the results were that boys rated higher self worth than girls. Burnett (1996); Eccles & Wigfield (1994) results that boys rated higher than girls in self worth and perception of athletic competence. Conley & Rudolph (2005)…
I feel, cold. I am swarmed by my surroundings. They pound away at my head and I can only sit here, helpless, unable to breathe, drowning. I wake up in bed. I have thin layers on but I am still scorching. A thick layer of sweat keeps me stuck to my bed sheet. A tear rolls down my face and drips from my face to the ground. It is so dark that I can’t tell whether my eyes are open or closed. My head swivels over to my alarm clock. It reads 12:04. I could’ve sworn it was morning. I lay there for what…
Nefertiti was an extremely powerful Queen during the eighteenth dynasty, and to this day she remains one of the most famous Egyptian Queens to have ever ruled. Nefertiti translates to “the beautiful woman has come”. She is suspected to have been very tall, thin, and she was known as the most beautiful woman in all of Egypt during her time. At age 15 she married Amenhotep who is later known as Akenhaton. Even though she was the wife of King Akenhaton, she along with other women played a…
This essay will be in two parts, it will examine the self through case studies of theoretical and reflective approaches. The first part will research the self influence on counsellor efficacy, client awareness and psychotherapeutic benefit. The self will be examined on its influence of counsellor effectiveness, client responsiveness and psychotherapeutic benefit. The self is defined by Cooley (1983); as a natural part of a human being. Wood & Wood (1999) define the self as human thoughts…