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Cultural Expertise, Understanding, and Awareness: Libya Edward. K. Kosso ALC 13B3 006-17 Cultural Expertise, Understanding, and Awareness: Libya Libya is a country situated in the Maghreb region of Northern Africa, nearly all of the nation’s land mass is within the Sahara Desert. It’s bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. Tripoli is the Capital city of Libya. According to…

Gum arabic was exported as early the 17th century BC (Whistler and BeMiller, 1993) and is exported today making it a multi-billion-dollar industry to date. It was used by Egyptians for mineral pigments and used in the flaxen wrappings to preserve mummies (Whistler and BeMiller, 1993). In modern times especially between early 50s to the late 90s, Sudan was the main source of gum arabic with the Kordofan province of Sudan which produces over 90%…

In Pompeii, religion shows an influence Egyptian culture. In particular, the Egyptian goddess Isis, goddess of health, marriage and wisdom, had a notable presence in Pompeii. One of the most notable influences Isis and the Egyptian culture had on Pompeii was the Temple of Isis, erected in devotion to her within the city. The temple was situated near the Large Amphitheatre in the Pompeiian Forum. Source A also shows the influence of Egyptian culture. It depicts a marble statue of Isis, found in…

Without God, there is no real obligation to hold true to morals. Morals are simply devices that we have adapted to in order to ensure the survival of our species. Craig uses the example of rape, saying that certainly everyone knows that rape is wrong, but without God there is nothing truly wrong with rape, it is simply something that we avoid because it is not beneficial to humankind. But because there is a real moral objection to this behavior, then it is important because it is another…

ancient Egypt. Saqqare, a pharaoh of Egypt about 4,700 years ago, built the first pyramid. That pyramid was called The Step Pyramid of Djoser. The last known pharaoh of Egypt was Cleopatra VII Philopator. Egyptians had a variety of many different gods. There were over 2,000 gods that Egyptians praised and built temples for. Some of the major…

ruled over large extended families and were responsible for maintaining harmony in their expansive kingdom. The life of a pharaoh was marked by pampering, procreation, power and prestige. According to the book about Ancients in Their Own Words: Egyptians, the pharaohs had huge palaces and pyramids built for them. Most of the people worked on the land and paid taxes to the pharaoh in the form of grain. To keep track of his revenues and to make sure everything was in order, the pharaoh had an army…

reading” for many reasons. As a viewer in a Western audience, we can see the calligraphic forms scrawled across the woman’s face, but we cannot understand them. Even then, it should also be noted that even someone who knows the Arabic alphabet wouldn’t be able to read the message due to the fact that Neshat utilized the language Farsi, the native language of Iran. Instead of being recognizable shapes that we can translate into language, the calligraphic letters become formal, design-like…

The unknown work of art comes from the Luba peoples of the Mbudye Society in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is attributed to the Lukasa (memory board) from around the 19th century to the 20th century. The piece is made of wood, beads, and metal. The Luba peoples created many different works of art. Some pieces represented women since they were important in this society. They also sculpted stools, mboko (divination bowls), bow stands, and the Lukasa. They had a centralized authority:…

Cultural Context and Meaning of Egyptian Shabtis Huiyun Wu Nov. 30th, 2015 African Art History Shabti, sometimes called Shawabti or Ushabti, is a sort of mummy shape funerary figurine that is designated to serve the deceased in the afterlife in Ancient Egypt from around 2000BC. They are servants that answer “Here I am” when called by the wealthy owner, who continued their afterlife in the netherworld. Placing shabtis in the coffin is a method to indicate the power and wealthiness the departed…

Basic Description The chosen object was the “Cartonnage Case containing Mummy of Nes-Ptah”. The mummy belongs to Thebes, Egypt from Dynasty 22. It is dated back from 946 – 712 BC. The cartonnage and the mummy I put on the display at museum that was gifted to museum by C. Granville Way in 1872. The cartonnage is in the form of a figurine that is brightly painted in horizontal registers and columns. The cartonnage is made of wood and is varnished. Another resin material is poured over the coffin…