Isis

As long as Egypt contains many areas that full of mountains, normally we found caves inside. The ancient Egyptians progressively enhanced these natural existed caves until they were buildings altogether, or until they appeared as buildings carved into the solid rock. The Egyptians used these caves in their worship. The god in the ordinary city-temples repeated the First Time when god emerged from the waters of chaos on the primeval mound. However, in the cave-shrine resembles the womb from which…

What is ISIS? ISIS is an acronym that stands for the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" . Its recent origins must be briefly explained by political unrest in Afghanistan and Iraq that started in the 1980's. The Soviet Union invades and occupies Afghanistan 1979. Muslim Afghan warriors called "mujahideen" rebels are the fighting Soviet Union incursion from 1979-1989. The United States was openly supporting and sponsoring these anti communist rebels. This is the rise and infancy of Osama bin…

Romani and Egyptian culture are much more than what the western general public perceives. Romani culture is more than just being nomads that go wherever they please. They have their own set of values and traditions, just like any other culture, as do the Egyptians. Egyptian culture is very different than Romani culture, yet they are comparable. Their religion, geography, traditions, and some ideologies are extremely different, but some parallels can be drawn from their music and dance. Even…

The Egyptian’s culture was highly developed as seen in their religion, government, and approach to medicine. The Egyptians religion and they had temples , after life, and beliefs on who made the world. They also had government that had laws and social pyramids. Last but not least their approach to medicine led them to dentistry and herbs. The Egyptian religion was a major influence in their daily lives like creating religious cults, and going to temples to worship gods. The…

Religion played a very significant role in Ancient Egypt. Religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. The Egyptians worshipped many gods. Their choice of worship was always influenced by tradition or formality. Art symbolism was a promiscuous way of expression religious beliefs in ancient Egypt. The main god they worshipped was pharaoh the King of Egypt. The history of ancient Egyptian religion is rooted in Egypt’s prehistory and it lasted for 3,000 years. One…

Bastet is the Goddess of cats,fire,and pregnant woman. Bastet is a “ human hybrid “ meaning she has a woman figure from the chest down, and a cat like experience from the neck up. Baset is the only feline god to be represented as a domesticated cat. She represents Lower Egypt also she had a head of a lion but was changed because of the New Kingdom and was the associated with normal cats. Bastet has a few items to symbolize her such as the cat, lioness, and a sistrum( a musical instrument that…

The work of art that I have selected is the Eye of Horus. The Eye of Horus is an amulet that was discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamen. “It depicts the Eye of Horus flanked by the cobra goddess representing Lower Egypt and the vulture goddess representing Upper Egypt. The Egyptians used the eye as a funerary amulet for protection against evil and to guide their rebirth in the underworld” (Alchin). This amulet is made of gold and glass. Formal qualities of art include visual elements and visual…

it will forever be attached to ISIS’ violent attack on Paris, France. This is not ISIS’ only violent attack which leads to the question, to what extreme is ISIS willing to go to reach their goals? ISIS is known to use tactics such as violence such as beheading or seizing control of towns which creates a shock value to assure to reach their goals. Most people do not understand ISIS’ meaning. ISIS is an abbreviation for "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria".(Lobe) ISIS refers to themselves as IS…

Have you ever wonder where Isis could be at or when their next attack could be? Well if you ever want to know the answers to those questions you have to ask the basic ones like What/ Who are they really; Where do they come from; Why are they doing such terrible stuff; How could they ever become like this; and Is ISIS in America. In this essay I will provide you with information that you need to know about ISIS. Isis stand for Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. It is made up of dissatisfied…

With the recent rise of ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, many people are in outrage at the cruel and tortuous acts they are performing. ISIS has made a personal claim as an Islamic State and claim they do everything in honor of Allah, or “one God”. They make claims that they are following the laws of Islam and the words of their prophet, Mohammed. With the heinous acts they have performed against humanity, people are now associating all Islam with the terrorist organization. News…