Category: Ancient Egypt

There are many similarities and dissimilarities between the sculpture of the Kouros and the sculpture of Menkaure. The Kouros (plural, the Kouri) is an ancient sculpture which represents a large scale, hard stone, freestanding, nude Greek man from the Archaic period (650 BCE- 480 BCE) (Dunham, 1). The Menkaure is a greywacke dyad statue representing…

Creation myths are used to explain ideas about religion, social structure, cultural values, and beliefs, as well as events in the natural world. In ancient cultures, they are often an accumulation of ideas about the world that people were seeing and experiencing. These myths can have similar themes and influences over each other, especially with…

Do curses really exist? Are there ancient spells that could still be in effect today? These are questions that could directly relate to the story of King Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh. While his death took place centuries ago, the mysteries surrounding what happened to him and those who have disturbed his resting place continue. There…

According to National Geographic, in an issue released in 2010, a group of scientists carried out CT Scans on Tutanankhamuns body in 2005. This analysis confirmed that King Tut was not killed due to a blow to the head, as many people believed. The analysis revealed that the hole in the back of his skull…

Howard Carter followed methods to ensure that the contents of Tutankhamuns tomb were accurately recorded. He first had a team set including Harry Burton the Photographer and others to help him carefully remove the artifacts from the tomb. Carter gave each artifact a reference number and photographed the artifact in situ then both with and…

Who is the most powerful woman that comes to mind when you consider ancient Egypt? Perhaps the first name that comes to mind is Cleopatra. Cleopatra was without a doubt a significant ruler admired by her people and feared by her adversaries. Even though ancient historians had negative things to say about her, we now…

Ordinary citizens in ancient Egypt lived and worked in much the same ways as the average European of the eighteenth century, more than 4,000 years later, but ate better and enjoyed more variety in their food. (Brier, Hobbs 1) Honey and grains were a big part of ancient Egyptian life. The Nile was especially important…

There are many similarities and dissimilarities between the sculpture of the Kouros and the sculpture of Menkaure. The Kouros (plural, the Kouri) is an ancient sculpture which represents a large scale, hard stone, freestanding, nude Greek man from the Archaic period (650 BCE- 480 BCE) (Dunham, 1). The Menkaure is a greywacke dyad statue representing…

 In ancient Egypt, respect was not based on gender. It was based on their social status. This means that women could enjoy a majority of the luxuries men could have as well. With this being said, they took on roles that could be deemed influential and very important. During this time, they also enjoyed rights…

Between the period, of 5000 B.C to 332 B.C there once was an advanced civilization that we call ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians created their language, mathematics, trading, government, architecture, and other systems and principles. Two of the main things this essay is going to focus on are the numeral and time-telling systems of ancient…