Middle Kingdom of Egypt

Mahpiya Vanderbilt Archaeology 1 Bauer Mummies Ancient Egypt has become synonymous with mummies. The elaborate burials and preservation of the bodies is a defining factor of their culture. The word mummy comes from the Persian word mummia which means bitumen. The term was used in the middle ages to the embalmed bodies because of their blackened appearance of the skin, mistakenly thought to have been caused by the use of bitumen in their preservation when in actuality, the blackened appearance is…

Osiris. In the middle kingdom, architecture was built of mud brick. Consequently, they have disappeared. A few traces of pyramids remain-‘they appear to have been similar to the old kingdom but smaller, and a number of rock-cut tombs, burial places hollowed out of the faces of cliffs, survive.’ The basic plan to these tombs is believed to be similar to that of an Egyptian home of the time. Lastly, in the new kingdom, it was known for its relief sculpting and painting. New kingdom temples and…

appeared in Ancient Egypt(c. 3050-641 AD). On that time, wigs were made of wools and real human hair. On the Middle kingdom of Egypt, men and women both need to shave their hair and beard. Using wigs and fake beard instead of real grown hair.  Only…

time, would spread throughout the continent (most notably into Egypt). Among these advances were the establishment of efficient food production, dogma that would lay the foundations for Egyptian concepts of the afterlife and the birth of material culture. Though their Egyptian neighbors shared some cultural similarities, they often clashed, vying for control of the Nile Valley. Eventually the Nubian civilization prevailed over Egypt, prospering while its adversary languished under the power and…

Non- Modernized Arab Countries There are many stereotypes about Arabs due to the lack of understanding about their culture. Like many other cultures, Arab culture is unique and different. The Arab world consists of twenty-two countries located in Middle East and North Africa. Arab countries are very diverse consisting of many religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. All Arabs have similar cultures and traditions but they are different from each other. Yet, Arab culture faces many…

Today, in Egypt, we are left with the ruins of art and architecture. The pyramids, sphinxes, and tombs were torn apart by the later Egyptian Dynasties and destroyed by looters. Some of the loss of artifacts this have to do with time, earthquakes, and past looters, but the biggest culprits, that many do not think of first, are the early Egyptologists. It was all about getting the biggest and most impressive objects and not really about the importance of the object in context to the area. Because…

part of Egypt from the first Dynasty of ancient Egypt until the 21st century. In periods of foreign occupation, Sinai was, like the rest of Egypt, also occupied and controlled by foreign empires. In more recent history the Ottoman Empire (1517-1867) and the United Kingdom (1882-1956). Israel invaded and occupied Sinai during the Suez Crisis of 1956, which led to the six day war of 1967. On 6th of October 1973, Egypt launched the Yom Kippur War to retake the Peninsula, then the Isreal-Egypt…

One of the most famous of all ancient societies, Ancient Egypt has captured the imaginations of historians, authors, and archaeologists for centuries. The civilization produced many of the world’s most famous monuments, from the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx to the Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings. Dating from the 4th millennium BC, it is one of the earliest societies in recorded history, tracing roots back to 5000 BC and beginning its recorded history in around 2925 BC with its…

alienation and identity crisis. The novel speaks about South Asian Diaspora community due to which the character of this book also suffers with identity crisis and multiculturalism. The Diaspora began with the 6th century BCE conquest of the ancient Kingdom of Judah by Babylon, the destruction of the First Temple (c. 586 BCE), and the expulsion of the population, as recorded in the Bible. The Babylonian ruler, Nebuchadnezzar, allowed the Jews to remain in a unified community in Babylon. Another…

5.0 Baking Technology throughout the History of Ancient Egypt Penetration in the field of biotech are directly returned to bread manufacturing, harvest, threshing, crushing the grain in order to achieve flour and sieving were completely illustrated on the ancient egyptian monuments (see Fig. 1). A hand grindery Known as a saddle quern was used for grinding grain (see Fig. 1F) by the housewife. Eventually, crushing was carried out on a large scale by grinders. Fermentation by the use of leaven,…