Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Pyramids were an amazing accomplishment of ancient Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the tallest pyramid, was nearly 150 meters tall. In addition, there are tomb systems on the inside. What makes it more impressive is that they were built thousands of years ago. The pyramids in Ancient Egypt were an amazing feat of an ancient civilization. The pyramids were Ancient Egypt were huge constructions. The largest pyramid constructed in Egypt is the Great Pyramid of Giza, which originally stood…

Alexandria was one of the most prominent Hellenistic cities that embraced Hellenistic culture. Established and named by Alexander the Great himself, Alexandria is what has become “a Greek polis with citizenship limited to Greeks and Macedonians”(451, Ancient Greece). However, during the reign of the Ptolemaic dynasty, Alexandria has been transformed into a flourishing Hellenistic city with new innovations. In order to preserve both Greek and Egyptian elements, Greek and Egyptian roots are…

The history of ancient Egypt is a very long and convoluted chronicle, one that is characterized by many betrayal, conspiracy and secrets. Although the story of ancient Egypt spanned over five thousand years ( from the predynastic era, all the way to the classical antiquity with the romans ) they have been a few monarch who s character, influence, reign and legacy was able to withstand the test of time. Imhotep, unlike many if not all the famous figure of ancient Egypt was not a king and…

Percy Jackson that are the seven demigods of the Prophecy leave in a huff from the enraged Romans. They head for Rome looking for a magical talisman known as the Mark of Athena that is supposed to lead Athena’s children to the missing Parthenon. In the course of their journey, word filters to them of one of their friends that has been taken captive necessitating a rescue mission. While they successfully rescue their friend, their ordeal is just starting as more of the seven get entangled in a…

half is called The White Nile, together they make the longest river in the world. It is about 4,250 miles long, and about 2 miles wide. Every year it would flood, when that would happen the Egyptians would thank the god Hapy, that was the beginning of the year. As it would deceased it would leave behind a rich, brown layer of silt that was suitable for growing wheat, beans, barley, and maybe even cotton. The ancient egyptians would probably not be as great of a civilization if the Nile…

are found in Egypt are: sculptures, monuments, and pyramids. During ancient Egypt building great monuments and structures was sign of power. Construction was also a normal task a male would busy themselves with. According to the text in Cultures of the West it states, “Statues of the kings adorned every temple; inscriptions praising their magnificence appeared in every city…” the higher powers were very much praised during ancient Egypt. Civilians would look towards kings and queens for a sense…

Resources Nonfiction Books (4) Arlon, P. (2014). Ancient Egypt. New York: Scholastic Inc. This source contains a general overview of Ancient Egypt. This resource will be provided to help students understand the features of Ancient Cairo as a civilization. It includes information about food, traditions, pharaohs, gods and goddesses, monuments, afterlife, and general Ancient Egyptian way of life. This resource also includes a section that compares Ancient inventions to current technology that we…

direct idea of the values and beliefs of Greek society. The Greeks idealized physical fitness and mental discipline, and they believed that excellence in those areas honored Zeus, the greatest of their gods. The Olympic Games originated in 776 B.C. Ancient Greece. It was a new era for athletes to show their skills and compete. At the first Olympic Games there were only foot races as sports events, but as the Olympics added more popular events like wrestling, boxing, chariot racing, horse…

that sit next to each other on the Giza Plateau that are named “Khafre”, “Cheops”, and “Menkaure”. There have been many different hypotheses as to how the Ancient Egyptian was able to erect the Pyramids. The Giza Pyramids, one just one of 110 pyramids that were built in ancient Egyptian times and the only famous “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” (Kystek, 2011) and they…

art. Through art, cultures reflect many traditional traits such as religion, pride, history, power, and beauty. Ancient Egyptians left us with a very unique forms of art. In their culture, artists used symbols and images to express very mysterious and simply remarkable times in Egyptian history. They also used art in the form of sculptures, monuments, architecture, and paintings. Ancient Egyptian art tells us a lot about their culture. Through art, they express not only their history,…