The Importance Of Ancient Egypt

When Augustus, defeated Antony, he became the first Ruler of the Roman Empire and he established an Imperial cult in Alexandria .These Imperial cults were established by the Roman Senate and included the worship of the Emperor and the Roman goddess Roma. This is representative of Egypt’s position in the Empire. The Senate had no control here, so the goddess that represented the Senate, Roma, was also

Ancient Egypt was a captivating and intricate civilization. Over the years, historians have found it easier to study this civilization, rather than other historical civilizations, because the Egyptians went through great lengths to record their history. Besides being decent record keepers, they were very religious, and “ahead of their time,” due to their technological and economic breakthroughs. Because of the aspects of this culture, it has to be one of the greatest civilizations of the world.

Ancient Egypt is a civilization of wealth and structure that flourished along the Nile River in northeastern Africa from about 3300 B.C to 30 B.C. In over 3,000 years, one of the most sophisticated and creative societies advanced where no other civilization did. 2,000 years later, it would be hard to think about the world without the impact of ancient Egypt, because it seems to have significantly affected every field of our American culture. The Egyptians have heavily influenced our culture’s literature, architecture, art, film, and politics.

One of the most well-known cultures throughout all of history belonged to the Greeks. Their heritage was so highly valued that it lived on even after they no longer ruled. The Greeks were some of the most innovative artists of their time and their work was so inherently beautiful that people from future cultures fell in love with it and decided to incorporate it into their own customs. The most famous group known for this was the Romans. After the Romans took over Greece, their love for its customs bloomed which resulted in many recreations of Greek art that are now seen today. However, Greek sculpture art had a hard time making it to the modern day. Most sculptures were made out of bronze and often melted down to be used for other purposes. Any surviving Greek related art is often just a Roman copy. The Romans are famous throughout history for their copies of Greek sculptures, especially relief sculptures. However, they also incorporated other Greek traditions and customs into their lives as well. Romans created separate names to refer to Greek gods and were often found creating and recreating art based on Greek myths. One specific Greek custom adopted by the Romans was the way in which they buried their dead. Romans originally cremated their dead but after the influence of Greek culture, they began burying their dead in large sarcophagi, with Greek myths elaborately sculpted into the sides, similar to the one kept at the Walter 's Art Museum depicting the abduction of

Thesis: The Greek influence of outstanding culture, gods, and their beautiful art to the Romans’ they took this inspiration on to their own creation. Both ancient build devotion to their gods they would bring the most precious things to them temples, however, they would focus on making large empire to rule and to take control of their city-states.

Most of these attributes were derived from the Grecian culture around 210 BC and disseminated all over Rome (Nardo, 60). Not only did the people contribute to the arts, but so did the government, which built bronze statues of the emperors or Gods, like the statue of Marcus Aurelius in 175 AD, and decorated the currency with elaborate drawings (Hinds, 172). A lasting example of the Roman taste of the arts was preserved in Pompeii after the volcanic eruption. According to written documents, a museum owned by two wealthy businessmen in Pompeii was available for public viewing, which displayed the gratitude of the people of Pompeii toward their own culture (Hinds, 178).

Two cults that had a significant impact in Pompeii were the Egyptian cult of Isis and the cult of Bacchus. The cult of Isis was the goddess of fertility and motherhood. This foreign cult is known to be in Pompeii due to excavations revealing the temple of Isis. The temple structure was complex and very large compared to other temples in Pompeii, this indicates that it was a very poplar cult and that it had a huge impact on society. The temple was surrounded by high walls and has what is believed to be an initiation hall and an underground basin of holy water retrieved from the Nile River.

Along with King Tut, no other figure was as more famously associated with Egypt as Cleopatra VII. Many people believe she was an Egyptian native, but on the contrary, she was a Greek. Born originally in Alexandria, she is said to be a descendant of Ptolemy I, commonly known as one of Alexander the Great’s most trusted lieutenants. She became famous in her home city because she was one of the first to actually speak the Egyptian language, (“11 Things You May Not Know About Ancient Egypt”).

comparing Greek and roman visual arts are hard to compare I decided to pick the temple of aphasia vs. Maison career. First a major point that shows a huge difference between those two artifacts is the pediment wherein the temple of aphasia there is no top there is one on the top of the Maison Carrie, second the columns, the columns in the temple of aphasia are in Doric order which is well known to be a Greek type of column, on the other side looking at the columns in in the mason career they are more of a composite type of columns linking it to the roman ages. Last but not least a huge way to determine which artifact is Greek and which is roman is the elements that each artifact consist of, were in elements of a Greek temple we have the stereo

Egyptians were influential in many aspects of Pompeii such as art, architecture and religion. The Egyptians were particularly influential in their religion as it allowed people a passage into the afterlife ad offered people a new and more powerful goddess to worship. In relation to this, the cult of Isis was particularly influential to the women of Pompeii due to her exoticness, thus temples and numerous household shrines were dedicated to her. Egyptians were also very influential in art, which were considered to be “Flavour of the month” such as mosaics, frescos, and statues, which is evident in source F portraying a hippo from the Nile mosaic in the house of the Faun. Source F evinces the idea of Romans interest in Egyptians exotic animals

In Pompeii and Herculaneum there were many frescoes on the wall that were shown as gods, goddesses, animals etc. Each frescoe

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.

The ancient Egyptians are known for many of the incredible aspects of their culture and everything they have produced. Some of the well known ancient Egyptian relics are the ones like the ancient pyramids, the Great Sphinx of Giza, mummies, and their many forms of art. Ancient Egyptian art is one of the most recognized styles of art. The most commonly known types of ancient Egyptian art are types like paintings, ceramics, and sculptures. Not only is Egyptian art beautiful, but it carries a huge deal of value and significance with it. A great portion of the time, the art has some kind of religious meaning to it. Consequently it is very difficult to discuss the art itself without delving into the various gods and goddesses presented in it.

Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest ancient civilizations in human history. Ancient Egypt was the longest lasting civilization in the ancient world and lasted for about 2,500 years. ancient Egypt was able to last so long because of their many great accomplishments. The most important thing that lead to the accomplishments and success of ancient Egypt was The Nile River. Ancient Egypt is often referred to as the “Gift of the Nile” because of how important the Nile River was to the success and longevity of ancient Egypt. Without the Nile River, ancient Egypt would have never been able to things like farm, use papyrus, build boats, trade or fish. The Nile River was the sole reason as to why ancient Egypt was able to become so successful.

Egypt was a complex civilization because it had all of the important civilization indicators. Egypt was a smart resourceful they had strong beliefs. Under the rule of the Pharaoh, they build an empire and even now a thousand year later it is still one of the greatest civilization in history.