Egyptians

considered masculinity. They standards Egyptian men are held to for masculinity may vary immensely when compared to the Western world. Farah Ghannam uses her work to materialize the male body in an Egyptian context. She introduces stories of people such as, Ahmed, Samer, Zaki and others to show how men are judged on their actions in different stages of their lives, which helps them construct their raguula (masculinity). Throughout this essay we will analyze Egyptian men in different stages in…

One of the most consistent conventions throughout Egyptian art history is that of the human form. The Egyptians had a very strict set ideal of how royalty should be portrayed like. The ideal man or woman would be sculpted in their prime time of life regardless of age. Men were portrayed in one of two ways, either youthful or mature. On the other hand women were portrayed in only one way, youthful and slender. There is no idealized image of a mature female, mostly thought to be because at that…

Some say it was for the Pharaoh Khafre to represent him as a god that was strong and wise. It had to be created for him because the Sphinx is supposed to be an Egyptian god, who protects the temples and monuments of Giza. The sculpture is also very close to the Pyramid of Khafre, so it could have been for Khafre. Another point is the Sphinx’s entire face and head has an old kingdom style to it which during this…

Painted on the northern wall of a chapel in a tomb belonging to the New Kingdom Pharaoh Menna, who ruled from 1400 until 1352 B.C.E., lies a very striking piece of Egyptian artwork, known as “Egyptian Hunting in the Marshes.” This relief depicts the owner of the tomb and his family fishing and fowling in the papyrus marshes. While the creative artist of this scene will never be known to history, Menna is seen holding decoy birds in one hand, and raising a spear above his head with the other. On…

Medieval monastic communities are partially the reason that many ancient texts are still around to this day. The monastic communities considered their work life to be a part of their prayer life. Monasteries often housed a scriptorium where texts were either copied or created. These scriptoria led to several famous texts being written such as The Rule of Saint Benedict and Beowulf. Though monastic communities were important in maintaining literature, several works were written outside of the…

1) Meet with people for mutual encouragement. Meeting with others to help build them up and so that you too may also be encouraged in your faith is important. A Biblical life is not one that can be easily be lived in isolation but must instead be shared and enjoyed with others. In my life this looks like being involved in a small group of women, having individual friends I meet or check-in with on a weekly basis, and having a mentor. While these people and relationships change over time, it is…

Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger Part A The Tasmanian tiger or the Thylacine was a carnivorous marsupial that became extinct in 1933. According to the Australian Museum, the modern Thylacine made its appearance about 4 million years ago on the Australian mainland. However, it became extinct 2200 years ago on the mainland, possibly due to the competition with the dingo. (Evans.2015). The tiger’s main decline in Tasmania was largely due to the impact that humans had. The biggest cause of extinction…

The Romanian Orthodox In 1054, there was a schism/split between the Roman church (Carnine 62). This was caused by the different beliefs between the popes in the church such as icons (Carnine 62). Icons are a part of new innovations over time because they are still used today to represent words or expressions such as the apple on iphones. This represents the company and the product. “In 730, the Byzantine emperor Leo III banned the use of icons. Icons are religious images used by Eastern…

Specifically, one of their functions which encourage their followers to participate and distinguished themselves in battles. The concept of justification of living in the Norse civilisation was a total contrast to other civilisations such as the Incas and Egyptians.…

Ancient Egyptian civilization lived, worship, and built their kingdom is really amazing. They have made many advances from the Predynastic period to the Eighteenth Dynasty. Just the way they built the tombs and made changed over the periods to make them stand the test of time. Just thinking about something that was built in 1500 B.C. is still standing today. We have buildings built in the 1970’s that are gone due to not being taken care and poor construction. It seems like of thing the Egyptians…