Military Influences In Ancient Egyptian Culture

Photography, meaning “drawing with lights” in Greek, is an art as well as a science of capturing light and storing it on a medium with unprecedented accuracy. Yet, up until the late 18th century, history was mainly recorded through the techniques of painting and the press. These mediums unarguably contained a certain degree of a truth, though, it was not uncommon for events, such as war to be composed with glorified details, or an unfavorable bias from the artist at hand. Beginning in the 1830’s, cameras provided a revolutionary solution by combining the advancements in optics and chemistry. Consequently, the new medium of photography was established and forever changed how history would be visually captured. Unlike other methods, photography

Ancient Egyptian culture is focalized around religion and century old tradition. Religion was integrated into every aspect of life, and played a role in nearly every decision a person would make. This is most evident in the customs surrounding burials, which the Egyptians took very seriously. The process following a death was a long and arduous one, with the mummification process itself traditionally spanning over a time of seventy days. Following this, the specificities of each burial would depend on one’s social standing and wealth. Though, generally the tomb would be beautifully decorated with hieroglyphs and paintings of the process of entrance into the Field of Reeds where one would live as they had in life, regardless of the status of the deceased. The body itself would often be decorated as well once the mummification process had been finished. The linen-wrapped body would be covered, either entirely or with pieces of cartonnage. This feature of the funerary practices of the Ancient Egyptians is the focal point of the following analysis; holding far more significance than it may appear to at first glance. Cartonnage held a significant amount of value to the deceased, bearing inscriptions of the spells and protective renderings of the many deities and symbols that would herald the ka, or soul, safely into the afterlife.

Sense the invention of the camera in 1826 photography has been used to document everything from family portraits, social injustice, sporting events, world news, expressions of joy and sorrow, and hundreds of monumental moments. The camera has given man the power to reveal the truth visually. Throughout history photographs have made enormous impacts on social consciousness and ultimately shaped public opinion on many pressing issues in society. Although photography is often considered a casual pastime, the invention of the camera has contributed to many aspects of history, science, and other important pieces of todays world.

Egypt was a very powerful empire lasting more than 3000 years, which is divided into 8 or 9 periods, sometimes called kingdoms. But what made their empire, so powerful, what made it last more than 3 millennia. Egyptologist believes that it was due to Egypt’s strong bond with their gods and goddesses and their mythological beliefs. The gods and goddesses and the myths were the foundations of Egypt’s cultural structure.

The camera has not always been here. Before it was created there were no; picture ID 's, portraits of people, pictures as souvenirs of travel, celebrity pictures, advertisements, x-rays, images of outer space, images of foreigners or exotic people, images of sports, war, or disasters. Without the camera, nothing was really documented, so no one could understand the event in the future (Garner). Before the camera was invented, there was no way to photograph any historical event or historical person. As people tried to study different events or people, they found it hard to imagine the person or the event. Life without the camera meant, there was no way to show future generations a person or event in history, unless someone had painted a picture (Herubel and Buchanan [Page 239]). Without the camera, this world would be a vividless, dark, and gray place to live with no remembrance of anything.

Have you ever wondered how Ancient Egypt helped shape the world today? Ancient Egyptians were a group of folks who were heavily influenced by religion. They feared dying anywhere but Egypt. The Egyptian Empire held a fascinating and very distinctive culture. Being one of the world 's most advanced cultures and creating tons of wealth is what separated them from everybody else. Between the outstanding artwork, teaching methods, and amazing pyramids is what helped their society advance altogether. No other civilization of the ancient world history had such a popular appeal and none as important as human society and its organization. Egyptians have made great steps in shaping the world we all know today, which have made studying their culture and society easier than some previous historical eras.

It was thought to be invented around the 13-14th centuries and allowed photographs to develop quickly. The Obscura is a dark, closed space in a box with a hole on one side of it (Collins, 19). By allowing a small amount of light to enter the box, it created a mirrored image where the surface meets the wall of the box. Moreover, it was used to capture and preserve an image created by light (Collins, 16). The process of the Camera Obscura looked very strange and scared many people in early Europe due to the process of mirroring an image. It was big, strange, and difficult to use which caused those who did use it to become very skilled in developing photos. The invention of the copper sheet allowed the development process to happen very quickly (Nye, 93). The use of the Camera Obscura impacted European history

Once established in Egypt, the British took control of both political and military means. Although the size of Britain’s occupational forces was quite small in comparison to the size of the population, their presence was a constant reminder to the Egyptians of Britain’s strict power in the region, with consistent proof in the changes of the army. The British did not fully eliminate the Egyptian army, the pride of all Egyptian rulers sine the days of Mehmet Ali, as excepted, but they highly reduced its size and replaced many officers with British ones, in positions of command. While this was occurring, they even employed political power with a local administration. Although, theoretically, the Ottomans continued ruling Egypt and investing into

Any normal Egyptian had a regular low paying job such as a farmer. These farmers aren’t just farmers they also work for the pharaohs, which means they do whatever they tell them too. Working for the pharaohs was not a secure job, because there was very low pay and sometimes you did things out of your job description. Some of the things the pharaohs would call a worker to do was building roads, helping to make pyramids, and fighting in war. It was not common that common workers were called to war, but when they were they feared that they might die in strange land where no one can find their bodies.

1. The Bantu still relied heavily on hunting and gathering even after the Agricultural Revolution took place because they did not want to depend heavily on the land and over cultivate it. The Bantu wanted to exploit various resources lightly. Moreover, they wanted to consume a variety of foods rather than the one or two foods they produced with agriculture.

The Egyptian army is in my opinion the most interesting part of Egyptian history. The three main points that I am going to talk about are the weapons, the armor, and furthermore diet.

Since its inception, photography has been used to capture moments in time all around the world. This wonderful technology has existed since ancient times, and has only improved in recent history, changing society in the process.

The rise of photography began in the early 1830’s in France, and wasn’t very popular as most artists preferred a paintbrush and canvas to a new contraption that wasn’t popular and wasn’t manufactured locally or globally yet and that was fairly expensive to try to produce, and since this time it has been debated if photography deserves its place in the art world. Through the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s it grew in popularity and throughout time photography went from being badly received to a new form of art though people around the world still debate if it is indeed “art”. Photography has a long history from the first camera obscura in the 18th century to the latest Nikon or Canon camera in the 21st century.

The camera is an invention that has been around for five hundred years. Over those five hundred years, photography has helped drive advancements in society and art. The invention of photography has allowed western art to be freed from the controversial limitations of realism and has paved the way for extravagant changes in art by changing the way artists use and interpret the elements of art. Some art movements that have utilized this are impressionism, cubism, and post-modernism.

Invented in the first half of the nineteenth century, photography became one of the signs of the age of modernity. Following the official announcement of the invention in 1839, photographers were dispatched to various parts of the world to document its marvels. The first places to be photographed in the Middle East were Palestine and Egypt shortly after the invention was announced. The rest of the Ottoman lands, Persia, and the Indian Subcontinent were also among the regions that were photographed soon after. European political, religious and colonial interests were initially the main reason behind the choice of what places were photographed first. Biblical history was the main motive behind photographing in Palestine, and ancient Egyptian history and the rise in the studies of archaeology were the motives for photographing the Pyramids. However, the British photographers primarily in connection with the empire’s colonial interests in that region heavily photographed India.