About 3,500 years. Some 600 miles up the Nile valley, south of Cairo, you come upon the Valley of the Kings. Here the pharaohs made secret tombs in the sides of mountains. The Valley of the Kings is one of the most isolated spots on earth. Almost nothing grows there – no tree, no shrub, no blade of grass. The sun hits down from an everlastingly clear sky whose bright blue is the only colour divergence to the dull, constant dark gold rock and sand, hills and valley floor. All along the desert…
At the end of the center of the eastern section of the Mall in Washington D.C. stands the Washington Monument. The monument rises just over 555' tall and was finished in 1884. The shape of the Washington Monument is that of an Egyptian obelisk which stands as an anchor for the Capital of the Nation. What is unique about this structure is not only its enormous size (it is the tallest obelisk in the world) but its change of material color of the monument from the bottom third of the structure.…
one of the seven wonders of the world, the Great Pyramid of Giza is a defining symbol of Egypt in a few different ways. It was built as a tomb for the Egyptian ruler at the time, pharaoh Khufu, meaning Cheops in greek. It has a unique background of how it was built, why it is one of the seven wonders of the world and why this Great Pyramid was built. One of Egypt’s greatest mysteries is how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. This astonishing pyramid took twenty years to build, while the…
were the most successful ancient civilization. They built amazing pyramids which are huge. Another reason that they were considered the most successful, is that they made amazing art! They also made many important inventions. The Egyptians had great buildings like the pyramid of Giza.They dragged huge blocks across the rocky ground to build the pyramid about 455.4 feet tall. They would put their pharaohs in and under the pyramids when they die out of respect. Art The Egyptians were successful…
Whether it’s art from ancient times or art made yesterday, people around the world appreciate art and the brief history that it provides about the period of time that it came from. Art is something that was made in every single time period including the Medieval time period and Renaissance period. Artist in each period painted, sculpted, drew and did many other things to produce art that relates to them and the time period they were apart of. When one looks at art from back then, one will have a…
Pyramids The pyramids are fascinating features of the ancient world they were built for Pharaohs tombs and the pharaohs died they would fill their tomb with everything that they thought they would need in the afterlife including gold, boats, gems, etc. There are many different pyramids in Egypt because there were many different rulers in the history of Egypt. The most famous pyramids are the pyramids of Giza. The pyramids of Giza are very popular (and are the only one of the seven…
The Nok people were advanced because of their iron smelting skills,sculptures,and their judicial system, but their strange disappearance has caused historians to be left unsure. The Nok people discovered a way to smelt iron, this allowed them to have the strongest tools during this time period. They also created sculptures made out of a material called Terracotta, this details their culture. The Nok people had a modern judicial system with several courthouses. In about 200 A.D.The Nok people…
Two pieces that stood the test of time just by looking at these artifacts tells a story of their rich and noble history. A history of knowledge, a history of art and sophistications. These were the traditions of the Egyptian and Akkadian Empires. The first statue “The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu” is from the Egyptian empire. By looking at this statue you can see that the individuals, who were sculpted, had money as the artisanship shown on them is of a high quality of skill that could…
Beginning with the structure of the pyramid, the creation of waterways allowed transport of sandstone to the pyramid from far away. With the creation of a natural stream to work this, the first time the humans who built the temple needed: was a quarry. Not to far down from the current position of the temple, a horseshoe shaped sandstone quarry stands as an artifact of a time long ago. The scientists who discovered this structure came to an agreed idea that humans had to either push the block…
definite that there will more included to the list. A couple of good examples were Stonehenge or The Göbekli Tepe also known as Potbelly Hill in Merkez, Sanliurfa, Turkey. Both of these are manmade structures, about the same age or even older than the Pyramid of Giza, and were…