Ptolemy

n 1817 François read a review of his paper titled ‘Egypt under the Pharaohs’ which was published by an anonymous Englishman which was really positive telling François that he should return and review his old research. It was speculated that this was written by Young but the allegations appeared fairly unlikely as Young was highly critical of François’ work. Not long after François began to look for employment at the University in Grenoble again which succeeded. This was not necessarily positive…

Humans have the tendency to attribute natural phenomenon to external and powerful forces, but in reality this events can be attribute to a radical alternative which states the world functions according to certain rules that are inherent in nature, no direct actions by gods. In addition the Earth consist of four basic elements which combined make all material on Earth: the earth, water, air, and fire. Science and Astronomy have roots in Greek thinkers. One of the most influential to Astronomy…

During the High Renaissance (1490-1530), Raffaello Sanzio, also known as Raphael, was summoned to the Vatican by Pope Julius II and given the largest, most important commission of his life. He was asked to decorate the Papal Apartments, which included the Stanze Della Segnatura. The School of Athens by Raphael created in 1510 was to depict worldly (Greek) and spiritual (Christian) thinking (Slack, 2017). This painting represents all the greatest mathematicians, philosophers and scientists from…

Critique; The school of Athens by Raphael There is this very distinct and most interesting piece of art that Raphael created this piece of art is called “The school of Athens.” This painting presents to us four design principles of the art. Given that he uses unity, rhythm, proportion and emphasis, he clarifies many ideas presented in this particular piece of art. However, the school of Athens has many things going on at once. The painting not only is focused on the people but in the place…

Heraclitus (Michelangeló) 14: Plato (Leonardo da Vinci) 15: Aristóteles (Giuliano da Sangallo) 16: Diogenes of Sinope 17: Plotinus (Donatello?) 18: Euclid or Archimedes with students (Bramante?) 19: Strabo or Zoroaster? (Baldassare Castiglione) 20: Ptolemy? R: Apelles (Raphael) 21: Protogenes (Il Sodoma, Perugino, or Timoteo Viti)…

Helios the patron god of rhodes. So once Antigonus called on his son Demetrius to invade Rhodes in 305 BCE. Despite an army of 40,000 men and 200 warships, Demetrius was unable to break through Rhodes' impressive defenses and the relief troops that Ptolemy had sent in, as a result of this victory, a statue in honor of helios was declared to be made.…

make achievements, they often had to more effort than men. Wisdom, beauty and bloodline were all absolutely necessary for woman who want to be a monarch. Cleopatra VII was a woman who had done that. When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, Cleopatra became co-regent with her brother Ptolemy XIII. Cleopatra was not only beautiful, but also she was a highly clever woman and an astute politician. In history, she was believed that brought prosperity and peace to a country that was bankrupt and…

figures. The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus serves as evidence for the birth of anatomy in Egypt around 1500 B.C. Assessment of the body was further developed through the dynasty of Greek culture and the human dissections found in Alexandria under Ptolemy Soter. From…

Of all the means through which humans perceive the world, sight is perhaps the most important. It is our primary means of understanding the physical nature of our surroundings, both immediate and distant. It is only natural that the great thinkers of antiquity were curious about the nature of vision, and inseparably, that of light itself. In the manner characteristic of ancient science, many common ideas about optics were “hit or miss”, so to speak. Certain Greek thinkers had hypotheses about…

“The strong woman of Egypt and Macedon: Discovering the true power of Arsinoë.” In “Arsinoë of Egypt and Macedon” Elizabeth Carney, shows how much influence Arsinoë possessed in a time where women were seen as inferior compared to their male counter parts. In her book, it is evident that Arsinoë is not an ordinary woman, she led a dramatic whirlwind of a life, and she was married to three dissimilar kings, witnessed two of her own son’s die; and fled two different kingdoms. In Carney’s book, she…