Tutankhamun

Throughout history, most early civilizations have had a social order, or more commonly known as a caste system. However, one of the best known social systems is the hierarchy of ancient Egypt. The pyramid, which was used to be the final resting place for the Pharaohs and their queens, resembles the structure of their society. Beginning at the tip of the pyramid are the Pharaohs, the rulers of ancient Egypt, and at the base is the servants and slaves. There is a significant divide between each…

Imhotep lived in the Third Pharaoh Dynasty under Djoser, and was a scholarly person whose expertise and philosophy went over many significant areas. Like being the first known Architect in history, engineer, doctor, and high priest to the Sun God, Ra at Heliopolis. And later on severed as Chancellor to Djoser. He was also first in line after the pharaoh of Upper Egypt. He was but of few commoners to be bestowed divine status after death. Because of his status, people believed he was a deity,…

Essay Question 1 Response The power instilled in women in the ancient world varies by context and ambition. Women achieve power through different means depending on the historical situation, and exercise that power on behalf of themselves or others. Nefertiti, an Ancient Egyptian Queen, received her power and exercised her power similarly to Agrippina the Younger, the Roman Empress, even though they existed and ruled in very different contexts. Nefertiti was the wife of Akhenaten, and…

The cosmological genre of the New Kingdom includes a wide variety of compositions detailing different aspects of the sun god’s cyclical journey, from sunset in the west each evening through sunrise and rebirth each the morning. These works describe the geography and events of the afterlife, in which the sun god encounters dangers, revives the deceased, and is ultimately renewed before rejoining the world of the living. Within the broader cosmological genre, scholars have distinguished various…

to enhance the burial techniques for those of importance. (“Burial Practice, Afterlife, and Mummies,” 2014) One of the most popular examples of the evolution of their burial practices was discovered in the early 1900’s, when the tomb of King Tutankhamun was unearthed. Not only did this discovery prove that social significance played a major part in how you were treated after you died, but it revealed a whole new world of information that helped depict exactly how these rulers and kings were…

I will compare and contrast the Sphinx of Hatshepsut with Haremhab as a scribe of the King. The Sphinx of Hatshepsut is particularly interesting to me for the fact that she was a women pharaoh in Egypt in a time where men and women were not considered equal. Hatshepsut means “The Foremost of noble ladies.” She reigned from 1508–1458 BC and was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Hatshepsut came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 BC. Officially, she ruled jointly with Thutmose III…

through the nostrils, drying the internal organs and waiting up to 70 days just to perform the next step in the burial. The most famous of these preserved bodies, known as King Tut, was discovered by Howard Carter on November 26, 1922. The Pharaoh Tutankhamun died when he was only 18 and never…

On November 8, 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays. X-rays have evolved drastically over the past 120 years and there have been many new discoveries that are used to this day in diagnostic medicine. Some of the different modalities in medical imaging have also been very helpful when studying art and archeology. Both x-rays and CT’s are used to look at art to confirm its authenticity, archeology for the study of mummies, and also archeology to exam the charred scrolls at Herculaneum and…

Ground breaking discoveries through archaeology helps society to view life and times of an ancient civilisation however, many individuals seek other findings to support evidence of one aspect. Through archaeology, today’s society is able to view the life and times of an ancient community through a deeper analysis and provide mass amounts of detail to supply a conclusion as to how and why the population valued some aspects over others. Ernesto Schiaparelli is recognised as a great Egyptologist…

current King was Akhenaten who decided to break the tradition and instituted that all his people must worship only one god, Aten where after he constructed a new capital at Amarna (McIntosh 2014: 26). After he passed away his youthful successor, Tutankhamun restored the capital’s reputation and the international trade flourished where after the Egyptians’ then had ruling eastwards (McIntosh 2014: 26). By the 11th century BCE a Libyan general took control of Upper Egypt in 1069 BCE because of…