Death on the Nile

expectancy of 30 50 years, which is their estimated maximum.” Male orcas live to be sixty and seventy. Females though, live to be eighty to over one hundred. Dreadfully, the lifespan of orcas in captivity is disturbingly shortened. “The average age of death for orcas who have died at SeaWorld is thirteen years old.” (8 Reason Orcas Don’t Belong at…

Cleopatra is a well known Egyptian queen, but not many know how she came to power and what did she do during her reign. Cleopatra was rumored to be from the Greece or Black African background. Cleopatra's family has ruled Egypt for more than 100 years. Cleopatra's father was King Ptolemy Xll. When Ptolemy died, He left 18 year old Cleopatra and Ptolemy Xlll to rule. Eventually they married, which was normal back then, Egypt started to struggle a few years after. Soon after the marriage,…

the house of representative’s mind sets. They begin to question them saying“Permit us to ask, what better right can a people have to a country, than the right of inheritance and immemorial peaceable possession” ("Memorial of the Cherokee Indians," Niles' Weekly Register vol. 38 no. 3, pp 53-54). The Native Americans are explaining to them that the United States has freedom, so how are they any different from Whites, in that they are not allowed to keep land they have inherited and not taken from…

A pivotal transformation that distinguishes the change between the Hellenic Greece and Hellenistic Greece is the Geography and the way it shaped out the communities. During the Hellenic period, the once-independent Greek city-states, which had expanded their influence throughout much of the Mediterranean basin, were conquered and united by the Macedonians. From then on the cities states became known as the Greco-Macedonians whose goal is to conquer the Persian Empire under Alexander. The name,…

Horus’s story started out like Zeus’ in which they both were trying to hide and escape from death. In the beginning of the story, Set kills Horus’s father Osiris. So Isis, who is Horus’s mother, hides him from Set. So when Horus was young, “Isis brought Horus to an island in the papyrus swamps of the Nile delta. There she secretly nursed and reared her child” (Rosenberg 18). As Horus grew older he knew that someday he would find and save his father. Once he grew up he went on a journey to bring…

Passover is when the Hebrews put blood of a lamb on the doors of Hebrew family’s so the angel of death would pass over their houses and only kill the first born of Egyptians. The ten commandment are famous because of the story of Moses helping the Hebrews escape the Pharaoh, parting the red sea, and then going to the top of a mountain and talking to…

Human nature obviously has evolved through history, but I believe that the instincts that drive us to make decisions in humans are still the same. The main human instinct is to survive, but the way we survive now is different than the way we survived in the past. Yet, it is the same, humans are still very social and need others in order to survive. It is the way we respond and interact with people that has changed over time. Not only did our interaction change but our survival has turned into…

Nile provided great agricultural success for Egypt and with the rivers lush land Egypt’s civilization was able to expand. Soon after around 3100 B.C they developed a writing system. The…

husband and brother of Isis (goddess of health, wisdom, and marriage), father to Horus (god of the sky and kingship) and Anubis (Protector of the dead and god of funerals), and brother to Set (God of storms, chaos, and war) and Nephthys (goddess of death and rivers). Osiris, a distinct and recognizable figure, with his body completely wrapped like a mummy except…

Last but not least, ancient Egypt is a high theocratic society which divided into different classes. It is the political way of ruling this country. All the power belong to the pharaoh, including judicial, administrative, legislative, religious, and the pharaohs are also considered as god in human form. the pharaoh would only married his sister or close relatives within the royal family as a way to ensure the pure blood. In the ancient time, people may have the courage to against other people…