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    underground cave in which prisoners are chained, since birth, and faced one direction, with no leeway to swivel their heads. All that they can see is the cave wall in front of them. Behind them there is a low wall where puppeteers come and do “shows” with various objects. The prisoners cannot see the actual object that is being shown, however, they can see the shadow of it because of the fire that is also behind them. They hear the echoes of the puppeteers voices behind them bouncing off the…

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    I had swam into the hidden undersea cave that contained my human clothing. Last evening I’d had a vision; I would find my lifemate in the area above the sea caves. I needed to find her as my vision of the woman, was too strong to disregard. She’d been a well-built sturdy young Scot lass with sparkling green eyes and long dark auburn hair which flows to her waist. I had seen her in my dream, dancing at the local Highland Gathering. The young woman of my dream was my destiny. My name’s…

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    Kenya Caves Research Paper

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    Verul Leni, The Ellora caves located about 29 kilometres northwest from the city of Aurangabad. These caves were carved out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills during the period of 6th and 10th centuries, the same times the Ajanta caves were abandoned. Reminiscent of the Ajanta caves, the Ellora caves are also world famous for their spectacular paintings and sculpture. Even after extensive research, the experts are still unable to tell how these magnificent caves were carved. There is…

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    discovery. He had discovered a cave. At Ardeche department, on the Mediterranean coast, close to the mouth of the Rhone River miles from Marseilles. The cave was discovered by accident. After Cosquer discovered the cave, he made the amazing cave a secret, however ,he went back several times. One day when Henri went with a group of divers to the cave Henri discovered the paintings. So he decided to contact an archaeologist. He asked Jean Courtin to come observe the paintings, however , Jean…

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    their hands on these cave paintings, and starting dissecting any artifacts that were on the scene (Lascaux, New World Encyclopedia). These Paleolithic paintings demonstrated their explicit Stone Age artwork, current culture, and human development (Lascaux, New World Encyclopedia). But by 1979, the caves were closed to the public in order to preserve the paintings and decrease any more deterioration. Only certain archaeologists and researchers were allowed access to these caves for further…

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    At the end of Isaac Asimov 's The Caves of Steel, robots seem to be the salvation of the human race, as foreseen by Dr. Fastolfe and the spacers--a highly advanced society of humans from the outer worlds. At the same time the spacers believe they have preserved the future of humanity, however, in an event foreshadowing how robots will one day represent a threat to humanity and perhaps the failure of the spacers’ plan, Robot Daneel Olivaw says the most shocking lines of the story: “[g]o and sin…

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    I understood that paintings weren't only things to be looked at but are…

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    Cockcroft and Barnet-Sanchez: Interpretive space is important for a group because it is a symbol or sign just as a music and language. Cockcroft and Barnet-Sanchez said: “Since before the cave paintings at Altamira some 15,000 years before the Christ, wall paintings have served as a way of community people" (Cockcroft, Barnet-Sanchez, 303). Is it true to say that murals is artistic vehicle for educating, teaching religion. The United States supported for murals during the New Deal period, and…

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    finally understand the words that were told to us many times before. In much the same way education cannot be something that a person simply receives; it has to be experienced before we can completely understand it. As Plato states in The Allegory of the Cave, education is not “like putting sight into blind eyes”; instead it is the process of turning away from what it put in front of us and finding what is true for ourselves. The process that Plato describes involves two parts. First a student…

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    of the cave Plato describes that humans are basically blind to the world outside of their comfort zone. Plato’s cave allegory begins with a group of people living inside of a cave born and raised. One day one of the people is let out of the cave and he gets to explore the world outside. As he explores the world outside of the cave, he decides that he wants to go back to the cave and inform the others of what he had seen. When he returns no one seemed interested. Plato’s theory of the cave can be…

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