Egyptian Public Works

Ancient Egypt always fascinates me, especially learning about the Pharaohs. Akhenaten is a very famous Pharaoh, and for good reason too. His reign, death, and the discovery of his tomb are especially interesting. Akhenaten’s reign was very different from other Pharaohs. Some people think that in the fifth year of his reign, Akhenaten had a vision. What he got out of it was that he had to change the religion of Egypt. He started to practice monotheism, the worship of one god, and worshiped Aten.…

Have you have wondered about the pharaohs of Egypt or who created the First Dynasty? That was Narmer the last pharaoh of his time accomplishing creating the First Dynasty known to man . He made history just by bringing two lands of Egypt together. He is known as either Narmer or Menes. Narmer being his birth name the name Menes given to him as an honorific name. There was a palette found by Narmer’s tomb named Narmer’s Palette. It contains some of the earliest hieroglyphic writing known to man.…

Memphis,One of the most important cities in the ancient world. Around 3000 years before christ, Egyptian divided the area around Nile river into two kingdoms, the upper and lower Egypt. The king Menes was the first king who united the two kingdoms. Then, Memphis was founded to become the center of the kingdom. Memphis is greek words means “The White Wall”. The king of Egypt was called pharaoh and Egyptian believed that the pharaoh was the son of Re, god of Egypt. Memphis was located in the…

Mesopotamians developed what is considered the first writing system. They used pictograms to hold inventory of their animals, crops, etc. ( Davies, P. J., Denny, W. B., Hofrichter, F. F., Jacobs, J., Roberts, A. M., & Simon, D. L. pg. 21). Sumerians main focus was the approval of the Gods. Because stone was limitted, the Sumerians used a mixture of mud and plaster in order to make temples. Some of these temples were viewed as bridges to the heavens. ( Davies, P. J., Denny, W. B., Hofrichter, F.…

As civilizations progress over the course of hundreds of years, interaction is bound to happen. You can see examples of the mixtures of cultures all over the world. For example, the book The Stranger takes place in the country of Algeria which has a rather interesting collaboration of cultures. Location and outsider influences are the main sources of the components of a culture. Due to Algeria’s North African location, it has gained many Islamic traits from the neighboring areas. Islam provides…

intricate bureaucracy (sciencenes.org). Through all the greatness of Egypt one has yet to know what happened to this civilization. What caused it to be such a success, and what led to his downfall. In this paper my focus of study would be how the Egyptians rose to power. The organization and leadership of their government, and the causes and break up that led to the fall of…

The art of the Paleolithic period falls into two main categories, which are transportable pieces like small figurines or decorated objects, and cave art. Paleolithic art is usually classified as either symbolic that is, portraying animals or humans, or nonfigurative, taking the form of symbols. The portable art of the Paleolithic period was carved out of antlers, bones, stones, or modeled in clay. They made small figures of people, birds, and animals, which are graphic and conventional and were…

The revamping of the Egyptian military during the New Kingdom allowed them to compete with powerful nations who were threats. Though Egypt fought with traditional weapons and combat units, their quick mobilization changed the tide of Hyskos conquest and while these traditional Egyptian forces defeated the Hyksos, two new weapons traceable to Hyksos influence came about; the chariot and composite bow made an appearance for the first time within the Egyptian Army, and the Egyptians would take…

Ra The God Of The Sun Ra is the egyptian god of the sun, he is considered one of the most important gods to the egyptians. Ancient egyptians believed ra was the creator of the world, part of him was also represented in every other god. They believed all other gods should illustrate some aspect of him and that he should represent all other gods. Ra was usually depicted in human form. He had a falcon head which is crowned with a sun disc. This sun disc was encircled by a sacred cobra named Uraeus…

As one of the oldest cradles of civilizations, Ancient Egypt has an enormous system of mythology just like other famous civilizations. In these myths and legends, different gods are famous for their different personalities and symbolizations. For example, Bastet is recognized as the goddess of fire, cats, home and pregnant women; Anubis is widely known as the god of the dead; Osiris, almost the most important god in the myths of Ancient Egypt, is usually considered as the god of the dead,…