Pantheon

cymbals, tambourines, drums, and imported lutes and lyres from Asia. The cestrum was a musical instrument sounding of a rattle that was particularly important in religious ceremonies. Egyptians held a strong belief in the afterlife. The Egyptian pantheon consisted of gods who contained supernatural powers and were called on for help or protection, these gods were worshiped in cult temples administered by priests acting on the king's behalf. The ancient Egyptians sustained an elaborate set of…

The renaissance movement started in Florence, Italy, with Filippo Brunelleschi. He was the first architect to design a dome and come up with a way to build said dome that would go on the Florence Cathedral. This was the first dome to surpass the Pantheon in size. One Church he designed and built is San Lorenzo. Again he builds another fascinating dome but he focuses on linear perspective when designing this church. Alberti brought about the use of using…

non-human spirits, the Shona rely on spirit mediums who the spirits can possess. This process of spirit possession and communication can be complicated. "Different spirits may compete to possess one medium, and each such spirit may have its own pantheon of mashave spirits," wrote Kazembe. "Mashave are not spirits of dead people. No one knows their origin. They are believed to have been created for a purpose," wrote Kazembe. "Mashave are divided into good and bad," Kazembe added, noting that…

Mosaics from the theater and baths were also restored. The villa utilizes numerous architectural styles and innovations. The domes of the steam baths have circular holes that are dispersed on the apex that allow steam to escape. This is similar to the Pantheon which was also built by Hadrian. There was an underground tunnel that was used to transport servants and goods from one area to another. The villa has been described as an architectural masterpiece. Hadrian’s villa is a UNESCO World…

Romans took Greek architecture and made one of the most famous buildings on earth. The Colosseum . “The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. The Romans Have also made concrete, Roads, and Domes, also a Pantheon. Many of these things are what we took and use today. Romans made very beautiful mosaics and frescoes. Mosaics are made out of tiny small cut squares either cut from glass granite or other rocks and…

Columns have always both a decorative feature as well as structural aspect of many buildings. In the ancient world, columns were many times very unique to the particular location that they originated in. The architectural design for a column originates in one central region and from there it spreads around the Mediterranean Sea. There are not only economic and political factors that are involved in the making of these columns, but also dealing culture and nature of the land the column was made.…

In particular, she explores seemingly irrational concepts and beliefs found in ancient myths and narratives, which formed the ‘explicit theology’ of Greek religion, taking into account theories about ‘counter-intuitive agents’ appearing in most religions (e.g. Boyer 2001; Atran 2002; Pyysiäinen 2003; Barrett 2004) (Chapter 1). As she notes, theories about symbols suggested by modern anthropologists (e.g. Claude Lévi-Strauss, Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz) and largely used by classicists,…

Cowboys seldom spring to mind when we think of Italy. Historians might imagine the grandeur of ancient Rome, the Colosseum or the Pantheon while art lovers might be reminded of the Renaissance, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci or Caravaggio. For others good food and fine wines, pasta or pizza might spring to mind. Spaghetti Westerns are famous and it is common knowledge that some of them were filmed in parts of Italy like Abruzzo. Less well known are the authentic Italian cowboys known locally…

cultural traits. Many of the traits that characterize Aztec culture cannot be said to be exclusive to the Aztecs. The culture of central Mexico includes maize cultivation, the social division between pipiltin nobility and macehualtin commoners, a pantheon. The exact origins of the Aztec people are uncertain. The exact origins of the Aztec people are uncertain, but they are believed to have begun as a northern tribe of hunter-gatherers whose name came from that of their homeland, Aztlan (or…

Multi - faith movements Part A description of the topic Multi faith movement is Polytheism (from Greek πολυθεϊσμός, polytheismos) is the worship of or belief in multiple deities, which are usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals. In most religions which accept polytheism, the different gods and goddesses are representations of forces of nature or ancestral principles, and can be viewed either as autonomous or as aspects or…