Monument

“Colossus of Nero”. Under Vespasian and his successors, the Colossus was preserved, but the Domus Aurea was not as lucky, it as destroyed. The place became the location for the Flavian Amphitheater or as we know it the Roman Colosseum, was made as a monument to celebrate great victories. Vespasian wanted to give the area to the people so the people could use it and enjoy it, unlike Nero who used it for his own personal interest. It was built in the middle of the city, which was unusual for…

education system and every education systems is created based on their society needs and through acknowledging their culture, all aspects of culture. They learn about their country’s culture and the architectural styles used in the famous buildings and monuments in their country. Education received in their own country affects how architects thinks about building a physical structure, the structure will have a representation of their culture through different variations, maybe a building or…

The poem "The Unknown Citizen" written by W.H Auden, he expresses the predicament of losing individuality that the United States of America citizens face. The poem consists of bureaucratic and irony tones that illustrate the clash between government control and individualism. "The Unknown Citizen" is told from a bureaucratic point of view and they speak of an ideal man, who in their eyes is the model of the perfect citizen. The author writes this poem to emphasize the importance of our…

2006). The realm of Islam had spread widely with the Islamic conquest of the Palestine, Syria and Jerusalem in the third decade of the 7th Century (Bentley and Zeigler, 2003). The newly selected Calph Abd- al- Malik ordered the construction of the monument and the best masons and craftsmen available were brought to design the…

home. I would want to know how many soldiers slept in one tent considering the tent is medium in size. The last artifact that I noticed was the dedication monument in the very front of the park. The monument was made to remember the Confederate soldiers that died protecting Jacksonville during the war. The park's website says that the monument is meant to remind visitors of the men on both sides who lived and served there nearly 150 years…

Santa Anna’s Leg Many people did not know that Santa Anna had a fake leg make from wood and cork, until one man found out about it, and decided to educate about it. Santa Anna lost his leg by being hit by a cannon, then having to have it amputated. He went into battle because he wanted to redeem himself from his loss of Veracruz. It was the Pastry War. He was told to defend as necessary, and lost his leg in the process. Later on, Santa Anna lost his prosthetic leg to the Illinois Infantry and…

giant burial ground is more plausible and credible as it is explicit and evident based on the numbers of proof. An archaeologist named Professor Mike Parker Pearson, who has been working at the site and on nearby monuments for decades, suggests that the “earliest burials long predate the monument in its current form” based on his close observation. Furthermore, they identified that the first bluestones, the smaller standing stones that were discovered actually originated from Wales ; they were…

Nat and Arnold glanced at each other and hurriedly followed their stubborn friend while struggling to carry their equipment. After forty minutes of non-stop walking, Nat and Arnold realized that Matthew was leading them to the back of the monument. Matthew stopped abruptly and his two friends bumped into him and dropped their tools once again. Nat and Arnold were indeed exhausted, but for Matthew, it was just the beginning. “Voila! The back of Mount Rushmore! Doesn’t look pretty anymore, huh…

figure with a cylinder headdress that has a ball attached; however, the stone relief Chalcatzingo Monument 2 (fig. 2) has the figure wearing a cylindrical headdress with the ball. The scene is about four figures practicing rituals carved out in stone relief and the second person from the left wears a similar headdress as seen in the young man stone statue. Also by comparing stone relief Chalcatzingo Monument 2 and the young man stone statue (fig.1) we can notice that maybe the stone statue…

Story: It all started when Mr. Dejong assigned the homework where you had to catch worms yourself and go fishing with the worms that you caught. It was the perfect day to go fishing, and it just rained so I decided to go worm catching so I did. As I went outside I started to dig a flower bed as my mom instructed me to. As soon as I found rich soil, I started to dig. I found one worm, then another, and another soon I had about 14 worms! When I went back inside to tell my mom and dad, my dad…