Egyptian Public Works

Nefertiti who was an Egyptian queen and the Royal Wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten. The Queen is known to the modern world for her famed illuminous bust that now resides in Berlin’s museum. Nefertiti’s bust was created by the sculptor Thutmose and was discovered in his workshop by the German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt. The bust is an example of providing us, the Ancient Egyptians examples of art and how they regard facial proportions. The bust is considered the most copied works of art from…

talk about the statue of Pharaoh Tanwetamani who is a Nubian king of the 25th dynasty. He is the person who is actually not an Egyptian but had ruled the Nile valley temporarily. Therefore, he was allowed to possess the Egyptian royal title as well as the sculptured style. I am going to compare this statue with both the works of same culture, such as Khafre, and the works of different culture, for instance, Kroisos and the Doryphoros. The Statue of Pharaoh Tanwetamani is about 6 feet and 1/8…

ceremonies, leadership and belief system. Statue of Memi and Sabu dates back to the Egyptian Fourth Dynasty. It’s made from limestone covered with paint. Even though the woman is wearing clothes but the lines of her body features under her clothes are quite visible (metmuseum.org, n.d.). How the couple posed kept me wondering; was it quite usual for ancient Egyptian couples to embrace each other like Memi and Sabu in public or in the privacy of their home, or does this pose represents a…

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rich soil to produce an abundance of crops for food and trade. Being that the land was so fertile, early settlers had to embark on “three months of intensive agriculture work” to produce the large amount of food needed to survive (Orlin, 2010). These early settlers were so successful in cultivating and harvesting crops that Egyptian area became so densely inhabited. Not only did the Nile provide water for agriculture, it also served as a roadway for transportation. The Nile allowed this early…

It is true to a significant extent that the reign of Egyptian leader, Amenhotep III was one of the most significant tenured of all New Kingdom pharaohs. Although individual aspects of Amenhotep III’s rule vary in their own importance, it is undeniable that his reign was extremely significant, presiding over an almost unbroken 40 year period of relative stability and prosperity from. Of most significance in Amenhotep III’s reign was his peaceful and diplomatic foreign policy. In stark contrast from…

Bangladesh is a country rich in archaeological wealth from different periods. One of such places of archaeological interest is the Jorbangla Temple in Pabna district. It is also known as the Gopinath Jorbangla Temple. Among the 10 Jorbangla temples in Bangladesh this is the only one declared as a protected monument by the department of Archaeology of Bangladesh. The Gopinath Jorbangla Temple is located in the south-eastern part of Pabna city in kala chand para. The exact age of the temple is not…

introduction of European civilization, if that civilization is to produce its full measure of beneficial effect. The obvious remedy would appear to be to educate the women.” (Shakry, p. 129) Shakry introduces us to the idea that the future of the Egyptian nation is wholly in the hands of women, or more specifically, mothers. Thus women need to be enlightened for the progress to move…

The Nile was a very important element sustaining the Ancient Egyptian civilization Riaan Bernard Joubert Thongsook College Abstract There are multiple debates between historians and geologists on different aspects about The Nile River but most of them agree that without the Nile rive the Ancient Egyptian civilization could not have existed. The Nile was a big part in the development of The Ancient Egyptian civilization. The people of Egypt used the Nile in various aspects in their daily lives.…

One of the most important stages to define and understand the development of Egyptian civilization was the Predynastic era (the Egyptian Neolithic), a period of time spanning from 4000 to 3200 BC that was a precursor of Pharaonic Egypt and its dynasties of kings. Neolithic communities of Upper and Lower Egypt cultivated different kinds of barley, spelt, flax, fruits and vegetables. It is also known that different kinds of animals were domesticated. Both steps were necessary for all later history…