Hippopotamus

Netherworld such as knife-holders. The underworld demigods took many forms such as human forms, semi-anthropomorphically with human bodies. They were represented with the heads of different creatures (birds and animals) like falcons, jackals, bulls, hippopotamus, and rams. They took different positions either sitting or…

The fossil record; what is it? First of all we need to know what a fossil is. A fossil is evidence of a life from years ago which has been preserved in some way. This includes impressions or remains of an organism embedded in strata (Biology Online, 2011). Now that you have an idea of what fossils are, what is the fossil record? The fossil record provides information about the history of life on earth through the placement of fossils within the rock strata. The fossil record also shows how a…

Although the most serious damage to crops and food supplies is caused by insects, rodents, birds, primates and wild pigs, most concern focuses on the larger species such as African elephants, African buffalo, Hippopotamus, Nile crocodile and larger carnivores, whose actions are often much more dramatic and potentially injurious to humans. Of these, the African Elephant is perceived as the most serious cause of human-wildlife conflict. Human-elephant conflict (HEC)…

Ancient Death and The Afterlife Death is a natural process that occurs to everybody, in one way or another. The afterlife is best defined as the place your soul goes after death. While seeming most plain and obvious, the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, and Hindus all believed different, yet similar things happened when a person passed away. Beginning with the Mesopotamians, they saw death as a sinful process. Although, the afterlife was glorious and your spirit would live on. Death for the Egyptians…

When it comes to historical events, the happiest are remembered and celebrated while the worst are often forgotten and ignored. The events that have shaped society have not been the pleasant ones but they are the painful, horrendous, and bloody disasters. One such disaster was the exploitation of the Congo by King Leopold II of Belgium in the late 1800s and 1900s. In colonial Africa, the people of the Congo were subjected to personal greed, terror, and a few acts of heroism from specific…

Plate tectonics is the belief the lithosphere is separated into a few dozen plates that move around across the earth 's surface relative to each other, like big pieces of ice on a lake. If we were able to lay the earth flat to see where the plates were positioned, it would have the appearance of an orange peel; with the earth 's crust as the orange color shell and the white as the lithosphere. The break points would be fault lines, the plate’s outer perimeter that aligns and intersects them.…

It was a hot summer day and a perfect day to go swimming. The river was flowing calmly to the south and the currents were just strong enough to make me drift along without any efforts. Little did I know that I was about to experience the worst nightmare of my life. We all go through life, day after day, without thinking much about our purpose. We take life for granted and we think we deserve to be alive until such a moment when we come so close to death and we are suddenly jolted to a…

Women’s roles and lifestyles in ancient Egyptian society were defined by their class and varied due to each level of society. By law women were equal to men. This however, does not point to total equality as generally not all rights experienced by upper classes extended to the lower class, regardless of gender. Therefore, it is important to differentiate the role of women in each class of society. The distinct roles explored in this essay are the role of ordinary women, role of women in the…

One Ruptured Helmet, One Intact Head “Are we there yet?” I impatiently asked. “We’ll be there in a matter of minutes. Just make a left turn here,” my Dad yelled. My bike started to turn as I steered my bike handlebars left. In the summer of 2011, my cousins and my family vacationed in Truckee (near Lake Tahoe). My Dad decided to take me on a memorable evening bike ride throughout the forested alpine area. The various conifers began to disappear as my Dad and I rode around a turn…

During a time when Egypt was one of the richest and most powerful civilizations in the world, the most magnificent man-made structures in history were built—the pyramids. The pyramids were tombs built to hold the deceased bodies of the pharaohs of Egypt and to house their spirits in the afterlife. Inside these tombs, the walls were decorated in elaborate paintings. It was a custom for the Egyptians to decorate the walls and ceilings of tombs of the elite. Most of these were supposed to be…