Horus

After listening to all civilisations, I noticed the similarities between cultures, arts, architecture, symbolism, myth and religion each holds. It obviously beneficial to me, as someone who wonders of study that covers all world cultures and appeals on many disciplines such as sociology and philosophy. The first part of this essay discusses on areas that interest me and in the second portion, how these myths are relevant. Lastly, other information I would like to know. This essay…

Mesopotamia and Egypt worshiped myriads of powerful gods who served many purposes. In Egypt where nature generally seemed to be less catastrophic, gods such as Osiris, Ra, Horus, Anubis, and Isis were made to be gracious, principled, and benevolent. Whereas, Mesopotamian gods were inferred to be unpredictable, violent, and chaotic. For example, this view is reflected in “Epic of Gilgamesh” when the gods repeatedly try to kill…

Religion was one of the four main emerging characteristics in early civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia. The people were not forced to believe in specific doctrine but allowed their environment to shape and form their beliefs and deities. Religious leaders and Monumental building structures are just a few aspects of these early civilizations that contain many similar and yet different qualities that we will soon delve into, however, if one were to travel back in time to view these ancient…

On December 9th, 2016, I visited the Egyptian Section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There, I discovered many ancient Egyptian artworks and artifacts, ranging in date from the Paleolithic era all the way to 4th century A.D- with special focus on the Middle and New Kingdoms. Two of the biggest and most memorable artworks were the Tomb of Perneb, and the Temple of Dendur. The Egyptian collection depicted what life was like in Ancient Egypt- what the people chose to engrave onto stone, what…

Theirs a woman named Hatshepsut she’s not just an ordinary woman, but a Pharaoh of Egypt. She has ruled all of twenty-one years and the third women to become Pharaoh in thirty centuries. She took this reign of power because, her stepson Thutmose III had been so young at the time he had no experience. Although Hatshepsut is a woman ruler, she showed empowerment of women and that they can rule for twenty-one plus years without a husband. Hatshepsut is known for her famous temple, the Temple of…

Belief system was broken down into different categories and consisted of gods that ruled over each of the classes. This form of worship is much like the modern day college schedule. For example, most students going through college working for the professors that they attend courses with. From what I have gathered from the research that I have done the Egyptian people worship place their gods in high standing positions. This being said their form of worship tends to follow a lineage-based system…

Art, is an element which has existed for centuries, dating back to prehistoric times. It allows one to express their feelings, beliefs, and talents onto various forms of mediums. Ranging from sculptures, to paintings, and even writing, art is a powerful tool to showcase one’s thoughts. At the metropolitan museum one of the most noticeable pieces of art work was The Metternich Stela. Dating back to Dynasty 30, 360-342 B.C, this stela belongs to the ancient empire of Egypt. The Metternich Stela…

ARCHITECTURE: Most houses were made of block. The banks of the Nile gave the mud used to make blocks. Block creators gathered mud, added straw and water to it as required, and stepped it with their feet until it achieved the correct consistency. The blend was then put in a shape. Once formed, the blocks were expelled from the shape and left on the ground to dry in the sun. Egyptian workers would have lived in basic mud-block homes containing just a couple household items: beds, stools, boxes…

Egyptian Mummification The burial process has drastically changes over the years and varies depending on religious preference. The Egyptians began intentionally mummifying the wealthy and famous around 2600 B.C. to ensure they had a nice quality of life in the afterworld. Their religion believed that the body of the corpse was the house of the spirit; therefore it must be preserved, so they could have a place to live in the afterlife. This process took exactly seventy days to complete properly…

regardless of the possibility that the way toward conceiving an offspring was to some degree eccentric, on account of Atem it included spitting out and vomiting. Female gods may sometimes have male elements like a bearded Isis figure holding an infant Horus has been found. All through history, most social orders held women in a sub-par status contrasted with that of men. This was often justified as being the natural result of biological differences between the sexes. In many social orders, for…