Embalming

True Grit by Charles Portis contains aspects of feminism and gender equality portrayed through the main character, Mattie Ross, a 14 year old girl set out to seek revenge on her father’s killer. Mattie Ross is a segacious, self-sufficient, dauntless young girl. Charles Portis elaborates on the life and quest of Mattie Ross to create a thrilling novel that exemplifies the fight against male domination, patriarchal societies and sexist views. Throughout history women have been “oppressed by…

Introduction The Old Testament announced beforehand the message of the resurrection, and this message is the mercy and the grace of YHWH to save us from our sins. The New Testament was written having the resurrection of Christ as the foundation of its message. The prophecies concerning the last days, which the prophet Joel wrote, would begin to be fulfilled at the resurrection. The resurrection shows Christ’s power over death, allowing us to have a new life, an eternal one, with God in His…

In ancient Egypt, religion seemed unlike anything from today. During the ancient times, the Egyptian’s held multiple beliefs in different gods that they could choose to follow. They believed in gods like the almighty Ra, who they believed to be the sun-god. They considered Osiris to be the father of all gods or the god of the underworld and the afterlife. The Egyptians performed religious practices every day throughout the course of their lives. It was common for them to perform rituals for…

On November 8, 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays. X-rays have evolved drastically over the past 120 years and there have been many new discoveries that are used to this day in diagnostic medicine. Some of the different modalities in medical imaging have also been very helpful when studying art and archeology. Both x-rays and CT’s are used to look at art to confirm its authenticity, archeology for the study of mummies, and also archeology to exam the charred scrolls at Herculaneum and…

Mishap, Malady, or Murder? The Many Theories Behind the Death of King Tut Tutankhamun’s tomb is considered to be one of the greatest archeological finds of our time, but perhaps what makes King Tut even more appealing is the most widely debated mystery of the young pharaoh’s life-his death. The tomb of King Tut was discovered by Egyptologist Howard Carter and his financial backer Lord Carnarvon on November 4, 1922; on November 11, 1925, a team led by anatomist Douglas Derry and Howard Carter…

Not much is known about the first two dynasties in comparison to what is known about the last dynasty (McIntosh 2014: 26). The old kingdom began in the 3rd dynasty in 2686 BCE and during that time period the first pyramids were constructed (McIntosh 2014: 26). These pyramids contained gold originated in Nubia, which they traded for timber with the people of Byblos (McIntosh 2014: 26). During the Middle Kingdom, more or less 2040 BCE, Upper- and Lower Egypt were reunited under Mentuhotep II…

Can movies from different time periods and different genre comply the same message? The movie Bernie directed by Richard Linklater, in 2011 versus the movie Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960, Lets the audience see a similar message of incertitude of gender insensitivity. Between the two films and the evidence of the main characters Bernhardt "Bernie" Tiede And Norman Bates have a similar persona throughout the movies and what caused their actions of being homosexuality.The two…

The Comparison Between Mesopotamian and Egyptian Culture Two great civilization, Mesopotamia and Egypt remains some of the world’s legendary civilization that rose from small beginnings into major superpower to only vanish in the course of time. Each of the civilization share a common characteristic of a river valley civilization with the Mesopotamians occupying the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and Egypt transpired from the nile river. Both served important roles in history as major agricultural…

Since death is a concept that all humans will eventually face at one point in their lives, it was therefore imperative to choose one of the leading factors in deciding whether to die and be cremated or die and be applicated with the major components of the chemical formaldehyde. Formaldehyde according to many sources in both states of its presentable matter as a liquid and gas is capable of combustion and flammability if not handled with ultimate care or supervision. The substance is colorless;…

Economist). This suggestion could very well be true. Jonathan Fitzgibbons addresses it, and confirms that the head that ended up in Cambridge was actually Cromwell’s, thanks to the forensic science of the recent decades. According to The Economist, the embalming and examining of the head before the burial of the head that should be Cromwell’s is almost exactly matches the measurements of the head found in the college. The tale of the skull from then until now is a long and winding road, and one…