Horus

A civilization is differed as an advanced society that excels in all six of the characteristics that a civilization most contain. The six characteristics of a civilization are government, social structure, region, culture, written language and cities. one of the most notorious of civilization of ancient times was ancient Egypt. ancient Egypt is a perfect example of a civilization well before its times. its civilization lasted over 4000 years and impacted numerous civilization of its time and…

power. An example of such a nation would be Egypt, a nation which deceived the residents into believing in a hereditary ecclesiastical government. Such rulers were called pharaohs and they were thought to be the embodiment of one of their many gods, Horus. Once born, the pharaoh-to-be lived a life of luxury, and as he grew up and transitioned into essentially complete power he was able to rape, kill, and continue living his life of abundance. The pharaoh was untouchable due to his god-like…

Neil Richard Gaiman,born on November 10th, 1960 in Portchester, United Kingdom is best known as a sci-fi and fantasy writer. His father was a company director and his mother was a pharmacist. Since his mother is Jewish, Mr.Gaiman practices Judaism. When he was a child, Gaiman had read comic books and normal books, at one point he had read through all of the children’s books in his local library. Prior to being 16, Gaiman read comic books, though stopped because he felt that he had outgrown them…

The diffusion of Egyptian cults in the Greek and Roman World Sources The Roman imperial fleet was one of the main gateways for diffusion of Egyptian cults into the Roman world, and both merchant and war fleets had significant role in that diffusion. One of the most important parts of the research of this diffusion is to determinate the groups of citizens who were involved in it. In order to do that we have to find the sources from Greek and Roman periods such as epigraphic inscriptions, literary…

One thing that connects all of us humans in some way is religion. For some it’s a way of life for others it’s just a norm they follow. But we never ask ourselves how our religion got to be at the point where it is now. Roughly 3.8 billion people, over 50% of the world population believes in the Abrahamic idea of God. So how did we go from worshipping many gods thousands of years ago to just worshipping one all knowing God, and what kind of repercussions has that brought upon the world?…

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…

In the age of the Ancients, a sun rises over a vast civilization, found in the lower Nile Valley. Its geography consists of a rugged, unfertile desert, with glimpses of green, which grace either side of the Nile river. This location harbored a civilization, a third dynasty, which changed the course of history through its many technological advancements in mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. Djoser, the first king of the “Old kingdom,” headed these technological advancements sometime between…

motherhood, foreign lands, mining, music and fertility. There were also important gods like Amun, Shu and Tefnut who took part in creation; the god Hapi was the god of the Nile, he brought the yearly floods; Isis was once queen of Egypt, Hathor, the god Horus was the god of the sky and once king of Egypt and the god Amun-Ra was the most important of all, Amun-Ra who was the god Amun and Ra combined, Amun-Ra was known as the god of Ancient Egypt and the King of Gods. There were also gods and…

The thing that interest me the most about humanities is the creation of different cultures through the help of many different historical figures. I know of many different important people in history such as Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Plato, Julias Cesar, and so on.. I want to learn about how these different people singlehandedly developed different societies and cultures the way that they did. When I was young I took a large interest in history even in elementary school I always found the…

The story of Enuma Elish is inscribed on seven cuneiform tablets, recovered by a collector named AH Layard in Iraq (Matthews and Benjamin). This story has some parallel tales told in the Old Testament, such as Genesis, Exodus and the Psalms. This story presents the father and mother, Apsu and Tiamat, who represent saltwater and freshwater who were present before the creation of the universe. This story provides a description of a series of gods that were created: “When on high ... No heaven HAD…