Essays on Ancient Egypt

Screen incarnations of the romantically foolish, politically astute Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra, are plentiful as her legend would prove a reliable resource of revenue for Hollywood. In 1934, Paramount released “Cleopatra” with Cecil B. DeMille at the helm. The movie was marketed as an epic romance:…

In 1939 Erich Lessing took the photograph, The Pyramids of Giza, using an early color camera. Lessing took the picture the same year he fled his home country of Austria due to his Jewish heritage. As stated in the title, the photograph depicts the three…

The pyramids of Egypt are probably the best inheritance by the Egyptians of ancient times a token of this city has been secured. Worked with stone squares secured with white limestone. Toward the start of Administration III the regal developments were changed into pyramids with…

The Gebel el Arak Dagger is a marvelous piece of Ancient Egyptian history that has distinct Egyptian origins, but possesses a foreign component. Although the dagger was discovered at the archeological site of Gebel el Arak, the absence of detailed records paired with the site’s…

I have had a passion for history ever since I can remember. Growing up I would read whatever history book I could get my hands on, and after I finished all the ones within my reach I would read them over again. One of my…

The Pyramid Effect First off Id like to say, that the Incas were probably the most fascinating native Americans of all. They had the largest empire of all, spanning from southern Colombia to southern Chile. They had a giant road system that spanned from one…

The Ancient Pyramids The ancient pyramids that rest in Egypt are about four to five thousand years old. The Great Pyramid stands at four hundred and eighty one feet tall with two point three million blocks in its structure, each weighing about two point five…

Throughout the history of Ancient Egypt, tradition and religious piety are perhaps the two most important values held by the people. This is illustrated by the great spans of time that their traditions cover, despite being slightly altered along the way. For example, although tomb…

Women were known to be inferior to men in the past. The rights of women were denied to them and they had to survive by obeying their men and staying behind the ruler ship of men. For a woman to rule or to make a…

This paper will discuss formal aspects and museum presentations made from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the following two pieces, which are Marble Statue of a wounded Amazon and Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut. The wounded Amazon is a free standing, carved, marble sculpture…