Monument

job in the Museum of Natural History where he discovers an ancient curse which causes historic exhibits to come to life. In this adventurous yet frightening film, the protagonist saves the museum with the help of his son Nick and other historic monuments such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Jedediah, Octavius, Teddy Roosevelt and Ahkmenrah. The “Ahkmenrah wakes up” scene of this movie has been thoroughly examined as it positions the audience to feel fearful and anticipated through the use of…

Crazy Horse Memorial The Crazy Horse Memorial was made by Korczak Ziolkowski on June 3, 1948. It is carved from the mountain in the Black Hills South Dakota. The monument is a tribute to a Native American war hero. He is known for fighting the battle against George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Big Horn (http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/05/us/crazy-horse-memorial/). Crazy horse was a member of the Teton Sioux tribe; he was an Oglala Lakota warrior: who was pointing into the distance riding a…

to use limestone, it is not stable enough to preserve its shape and color as long as other materials. This eventually led to the piece being altered many times due past Pharaohs like Akhenaten and King Tut who has damaged it during their rule. The monument was completed in 1470 BCE but during the Ptolemaic period it was restored, and then again during the 90’s. It is approximately 97 feet tall and is still standing today in Deir el Bahari, Egypt. Hatshepsut’s temple was built…

Thinking Anthropologically Kendall Jenner recently got a white dot as a tattoo, same color as her broken heart tattoo. She wanted to be in with the current tattoo trend. She didn’t want anything big though, to her it’s the little things that matter. She didn’t want her tattoos to show since she is a model and it is important that she doesn’t have any showing. Her broken heart tattoo shows that during that time is her life her heart was broken and getting that tattoo helps her to mend that…

tourism with an amazing weather year and Washington DC, the capital of USA, is center of politics, international affairs, culture and history. Now, than I am living in USA I want to visit first Washington DC because of the historical sights, museum and monument…

The Lincoln Memorial was constructed to idolize the death of Abraham Lincoln and the great achievements he did. To begin with, Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Kentucky. Lincoln grew up as a poor boy on the frontier. Not having lots of formal education Lincoln would read books and study Shakespeare, Byron, and even Euclid's geometry. A man of hard work Lincoln worked as a store clerk, a river trader, and a “rail-splitter”. So most people consider Lincoln as having a strong work…

to the monumental altars - the altar of Hieron II in Syracuse and especially to the remarkable monument of the era - the altar of Zeus in Pergamum (II century BC). The altar of Zeus is famous mainly for its grandiose frieze, encircling the base of the building and decorated with a magnificent sculpture. In contrast to the buildings of the classical era, glorifying the policy and its citizens, the monuments of the Hellenistic era glorified the kings and rulers. Specificity of Hellenistic…

banners symbolizes freedom. Oliver also pointed to the fact of the number of lives which were lost aboard the ship in the various its battle engagements . The lost lives symbolized the need for the ship not to be destroyed, but to be preserved as a monument for later generations to remember the sacrifice of those who gave their lives and to show respect for the dead. The glory of the ship is described in stanza three…

The Aqueduct of Segovia, Spain was believed to be built in c. A.D. 50/112. The exact date of construction can not be proven yet but many historians believe the monument was built from c. A.D. 50 through c. A.D. 112.It was made under the rule of the Roman Empire to supply water to the city Segovia. Currently the aqueduct is about 9 miles long and the highest point is almost 95 feet high. It also remains with 128 pillars to hold it up.When the aqueduct was first constructed it consisted of 2 tiers…

In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill creating Yellowstone as the first National Park (The National Parks 2009), which is considered an area of land that is being protected from human exploitation and occupation (West & Brechen n.d.). Yellowstone was created for that exact reason, except the idea of enjoyment for the people was more prominent at the time (United States National Parks Service 2015), as congress did not do much to protect it (The National Parks 2009). Thus, the…