Great Sphinx of Giza

The cultural artifact that I propose to study is the bust of the Queen 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…

One view holds that the sarsens were transported by the Stonehenge people from the nearby Marlborough Downs. The stones may have been moved on sleds, perhaps taking about 1500 people seven weeks to transport a single great stone. According to this estimate, it would have taken at least 11 years to get all of the sarsens to the Stonehenge site. Other scholars suggest that the sarsens may have been brought to the Salisbury Plain by Ice Age glacial…

for planting crops in. Mainly what Egyptians farm are cotton, rice, wheat, corn, and different types of sugar, onions, and beets. Egypt has a few deserts in within its boarders. Some major deserts are the Blue desert, the Eastern desert, and the Great Sand deserts. There are a few smaller deserts in Egypt. Egypt is a very cool place. Egyptians built glorious pyramids for their pharaohs, and believed in a lot of different gods as well. Without Egyptians there wouldn’t be any pyramids,…

stepped mastabas to create simple, triangular pyramids. The kings of the fourth dynasty began supervising some of the greatest structures in history. The pyramids of Khufu, Khefren, Menkaure, and the Great Sphinx are famous structure that were built in the fourth dynasty of the Old Kingdom. The Great Sphinx was proclaimed to vision, organizational power, and…

King Tut was a huge part of Ancient Egyptian’s history. The artifacts King Tut left behind have taught us about Egypt's past. King Tut was famous for his family, tomb, and curse. King Tut was famous for his rich and powerful family. King Tutankhamun is also known as King Tut. He married his half sister Ankhesenpaten. Both Tut and his wife changed the last part of their names to “amun.” King Tut became pharaoh at 9 years old! Even though the “boy king” had power, Tutankhamun was still supervised…

island called Pharos near the city of Alexandria (History.com Staff). The Lighthouse of Alexandria was designed by a Greek architect named Sostratos and it was completed around 270 B.C. during the reign of Ptolemy II after the death of Alexander the Great (Fowler). The purpose of the light house was to guide Nile River ships in and out of the busy harbor (History.com Staff). Many believe that the Lighthouse was anywhere between 200 to 600 feet tall, however, most modern scholars believe the…

in about 2400 BC. Just a mile away from Stonehenge “roughly 350 animal bones and 12500 flint tools were found”. With that it would suggest that the area was accommodated ample amounts of animals to hunt. Which would mean this would have been a great place to claim and called a sacred land. One theory says that aliens had built Stonehenge and had it as a marker. Of all the many theories about aliens concerning Stonehenge. Is the theory that Stonehenge was left as a message to the human race…

Today i am here to tell you about How advanced the Mayan Aztec and the Incan civilizations were, and some of their major accomplishments. Some of the major accomplishments the Mayans had were Being able to build very tall buildings such as the pyramid temple in Tikal was one of the tallest structures in america till the 20th century. Maybe buildings wouldn't be as tall as they are now without this building i talked about in the last sentence. I think that was pretty advanced at their time…

The Funerary Mask of King Tutankhamun Ever heard the phrase Kings never die, well neither do Pharaohs. For year’s archeologist have been discovering tombs of pharaohs and their families trying to get an understanding of who they were. Many tombs of the pharaohs were ravaged through and amazing art was taken by tomb robbers but still they were able to find beautiful works of art and even funeral masks. Arguably the most famous mask to date is King Tutankhamun. Along with the mask there were many…

Introduction The seven wonders of the ancient world are wonderful pieces of architecture. The lighthouse of Alexandria was one of them. They were seven; two of them were located in Egypt, The Great Pyramid of Giza and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Others are The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and The Colossus of Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria is the tallest and the most magnificent lighthouse in…