Egyptian language

Physics, Chemistry, and Biology were never studied by ancient egyptians; true science with its controlled experiments, careful observations and testable results did not exist until long after their early, superstitious times (Brier and Hobbs [Page 263]). Despite this they still saw injuries and diseases more important than the contemporaries. Egyptian doctors were of the highest social class and had a reputation throughout the ancient world. In ancient egypt, knowledge of medicine was knowledge…

This purposefulness deals with how the Egyptians perceive their gods. The Egyptians see their gods as loving and caring for their people. This belief is very different then how the Mesopotamians viewed their gods. Also, differing from the Mesopotamians the Egyptians viewed their river as wonderful and life-preserving. The Egyptians regarded the Nile with respect and gratefulness for enriching the region. This helped the Egyptians believe that the universe was a regular and orderly place…

After Tut died, a ritual of all dead Kings was to mummify them to preserve them and protect them in their afterlife. Egyptians believed that the soul of a person had three parts. The first was called the ka. It remained in the tomb after death, which is why so many items were buried alongside people in ancient Egypt. The second element of a person's soul was called the akh. It was the part of the soul that went on into the afterlife. In ancient Egypt, the third element of a person's soul was…

The Hanging Gardens are one of the Seven Wonders in the World and still to this day is very attractive to tourist. With walls about “56 miles in length, 80 feet thick, 320 feet high”, this was one of the most impressive architectures (The Seven Wonders). The Gardens were built around 600 BC and got destroyed in the second century BC. Due to an earthquake much of the Hanging Gardens were destroyed. There are two different theories to how the Hanging Gardens were built. One theory was that the…

runs through Egypt” (Barrow). The Nile river was used for transporting trading goods, people, providing food and water, constructing pyramids, and nurturing animals. The river played an important role in the life of ancient Egyptians. It provided crucial resources needed by Egyptians. An important product from the Nile river is the Papyrus plant. Papyrus was the most important writing material in the ancient world.…

Nubian culture, over time, would spread throughout the continent (most notably into Egypt). Among these advances were the establishment of efficient food production, dogma that would lay the foundations for Egyptian concepts of the afterlife and the birth of material culture. Though their Egyptian neighbors shared some cultural similarities, they often clashed, vying for control of the Nile Valley. Eventually the Nubian civilization prevailed over Egypt, prospering while its adversary languished…

ancient Egypt. When an individual hears Egyptian art they mostly think about mummies, pyramids, or Pharaohs. But I came across The Great Sphinx, which had not met the expectation of Egyptian art. After taking a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City I came across another artwork that looked similar entitled The Sphinx of Hatshepsut. Among observing these two artworks I found some similarities and differences, although they both are ancient Egyptian art.…

The Pre-Pottery Neolithic period was the very earliest period of the Neolithic in the Near East and Levant. Much can be discovered about this period in time by excavating archaeological sites and examining what has been preserved such as architecture and other physical materials. One aspect of these excavations that are particularly fascinating are the burial practices that prevailed within these sites throughout the Pre-Pottery Neolithic. There were many burial similarities, as well as…

This week we learned about the chapter, Egypt Under the Pharaohs in the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom. I will be cornering in on the art of the Palate of King Narmer, the Fragmentary head of Senuret III, and Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters. I will also be discussing “Egypt’s Golden Empire: The Warrior Pharaohs”. In the Old Kingdom, the front and back carvings on the Palette of King Narmer were of big focus. Dated circa 3000-2920 BCE, from Hierakonpolis, Egypt, in the Predynastic era,…

attested.56 The function of Hmt nTr was to perform the same role accomplished by the Hm nTr in the cult of other deities. As mentioned by several scholars, there were two principal classes of priests in the Egyptian priesthood: the Hmw nTr who occupied the higher position and the wabw-priests who were lower in position.57 However, Senbi was a wab aA “great wab-priest.” This title implied a higher rank for its bearer.58 d) Doxey discusses how the epithet imAx(y) xr was used to introduce the name…