hundred kids. He obviously has more than one woman he goes to every night and as a result, he has an absurd amount of children. King Ramesses II is known to be more of a show off rather than an effective king. King Ramesses II is also known to be a great builder. During his time of reign, he rebuilds temples, and builds new structures of his own. Ozymandias makes remarkable architectural…
About 3,500 years. Some 600 miles up the Nile valley, south of Cairo, you come upon the Valley of the Kings. Here the pharaohs made secret tombs in the sides of mountains. The Valley of the Kings is one of the most isolated spots on earth. Almost nothing grows there – no tree, no shrub, no blade of grass. The sun hits down from an everlastingly clear sky whose bright blue is the only colour divergence to the dull, constant dark gold rock and sand, hills and valley floor. All along the desert…
Castillo de San Marcos, is one of the first successful forts entirely made of stone. For tourists, everywhere you look you could see something that exist in the 16 hundreds. The fort has endured many wars and conflicts,but still stands tall in Augustine Texas . Castillo de San Marcos would be a very interesting memorial to visit. The fort is an oddly shaped memorial. It’s shape is a square with an empty center, and diamond shaped peers on each corner to look out on.The fort is…
At the end of the center of the eastern section of the Mall in Washington D.C. stands the Washington Monument. The monument rises just over 555' tall and was finished in 1884. The shape of the Washington Monument is that of an Egyptian obelisk which stands as an anchor for the Capital of the Nation. What is unique about this structure is not only its enormous size (it is the tallest obelisk in the world) but its change of material color of the monument from the bottom third of the structure.…
and technology, but their beauty, uniqueness, and even their mysteries. Specifically, masterpieces such as the Pyramids of Giza, the Rosetta stone, and Funerary Stele of Amenemhat I each tell us something different about the ancient Egyptian culture. When you think of ancient Egypt, more than likely one of the first things to come to mind are the pyramids. The Pyramids of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the World,…
What secrets does “Opening of the Mouth Ceremony” hold? British archaeologists Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in November 1922, which located in the Egypt of the king’s valley. The tomb was filed with beautiful artifacts their beauty and a testament the skill of Egyptian craftsmen. Also, revealed the lifestyles and exposed religions and belief of Egyptian. Each wall of the tomb has it own story with specific theme. In the north wall of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber “Opening of…
In present-day Warka, Iraq — the old Sumerian city of Uruk and home of the unbelievable Gilgamesh — stands the most seasoned surviving ziggurat, delegated by the supposed White Temple, a holy place named in cutting edge times for its whitewashed mud-block dividers. Accepted to have been devoted to the sky god Anu, the sanctuary sits on its ziggurat stage 40 feet over the ground, its corners situated toward the cardinal purposes of the compass. The White Temple is humble in size (around 60 feet…
Known as one of the seven wonders of the world, the Great Pyramid of Giza is a defining symbol of Egypt in a few different ways. It was built as a tomb for the Egyptian ruler at the time, pharaoh Khufu, meaning Cheops in greek. It has a unique background of how it was built, why it is one of the seven wonders of the world and why this Great Pyramid was built. One of Egypt’s greatest mysteries is how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. This astonishing pyramid took twenty years to build, while…
pharaoh would become one of the eternal stars in his afterlife. Pyramids of Giza, Arabic Ahrāmāt Al-Jīzah, Giza also spelled Gizeh, three 4th-dynasty (c. 2575–c. 2465 BCE) pyramids erected on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile River near Al-Jīzah (Giza) in northern Egypt. In ancient times they were included among the Seven Wonders of the World. The ancient ruins of the Memphis area, including the Pyramids of Giza, Ṣaqqārah, Dahshūr, Abū Ruwaysh, and Abū Ṣīr, were collectively…
Egyptian ruler from the fourth dynasty of the old kingdom. Although not much is known about his reign he marked history by commissioning the construction of the Great pyramid of Giza. Whether or not the erection of the pyramid was the result of king kufu’s gigantic ego, it is undeniable that the ramification of construction of the great pyramid still evident to this day. This achievement, considered as the oldest seven wonder of the ancient world brought fame and tourist to Egypt since its…