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The work I chose to analyze was from a wall fragment from the tomb of Ameneemhet and wife Hemet called Mummy Case of Paankhenamun, found in the Art Institute of Chicago. The case of the Mummy Paankhenamun is one of the most exquisite pieces of art produced by the Egyptian people during the time before Christ. This coffin belonged to a man named Paankhenamun, which translates to “He Lives for Amun” (Hornblower & Spawforth 74). Paankhenamun was the doorkeeper of the temple of the god Amun, a position he inherited from his father.

These head where are the of their culture and are well known today. Archaeologist believe that only the head was made as they believed the head contained the soul. This was part of their polytheistic form of religion. Meaning they believed in more

The epic drama that really seems to focus on the origins of human sacrifice would be “A Raisin in the Sun.” One of the main characters was named Mrs. Younger. Mrs. Younger was a woman in her late 20’s that lived within the Southside of Chicago with her in-laws. She had a son named Willy and a husband named Walter. Mrs. Younger lived her life like most mothers do. She tried her best to provide and nurture her family members. Mothers usually have to give up a lot for their families, and in “The Raisin in the Sun”, this was no different.

Another reason historians should emphasize human sacrifice is because, Document A "Growth of the Aztec Empire", shows that there is a connection between the Aztecs territorial expansion, a growing population, and agriculture. The Aztec empire grew to more than two hundred miles west to east and north to south. As their empire grew, so did their population. And as their population grew, they had to sacrifice more people, not only because there was too much people, because they had to please their gods so they will not destroy the world. This also made a growth of empire because they didn't only sacrificed people for religious reasons, also they did it because there is also to many people to conquer in war so they have to sacrifice, and they make more people. According to document D "The scale of Sacrifice", the people being sacrificed are prisoners taken at Teuclepec. How the person was sacrificed to the Aztec Gods is that they would first they raised their hearts to the sun, then throw them into the shrine before the gods. The scale of human sacrifice is huge , 200 people got sacrificed every single day .

The term sacrifice is defined as giving an important gift to a god or goddess. Sacrifice was normally performed in order to try and receive a benefit of create a closer relationship with the

Within The Torah are many different stories that support this theme, one of the most well-known being the story of God telling Abraham to sacrifice his son. God said to Abraham, “Take your son, your favored one, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the heights that I will point out to you” (The Torah 54). This was a huge sacrifice God was asking Abraham to make; he was asking for the life of his child, whom he treasured immensely. One might think that such a request would warrant careful

Sacrifices included many things such as various animals, food, the occasional human, and more. In both societies, sacrifices were considered one of the most important ritual. Greeks sacrificed to honor the gods, thank the gods, or to request a favor from the gods. Egyptians sacrificed to the gods to mainly achieve a power or protection. Similarly in both times, sacrifices started

One of the major rituals in the Greek religion was to sacrifice an animal. Sacrifices were important as they showed the relationship between gods, humans, and animals as they should be. The Gods, were on the top and were more significance than the humans and animals. They asked of sacrifices and the humans had to provide it. The humans were as important, but under the gods as they had to follow the requests of the gods. The animals, had not power, and were disposed of whenever a sacrifice. Animals were created to be sacrificed by humans in their worship of their gods. Sheep and goats were the most often sacrificed animals as they were common and easy to kill. Specific animals were related with specific gods; Hecate for instance was commonly

In the melodramatic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, the author uses the theme sacrifice. He shows that sacrifice is important in his story because some of his characters must give up their lives for another. Miss Pross dedicates herself to Lucie because she wants Lucie to have a brighter future than she did. Then, out of his love and devotion for Lucie Manette, Sydney Carton sacrifices his life to save a life she loves. The sacrifices Miss Pross and Sydney Carton make express that mankind will give everything for what they love and believe in.

The sculptures and paint show details how society viewed and interpreted women body, sexuality, and maternity. In addition, revealed that these women were protected from threats around them with ornaments. Civilizations since early times, believed that we were in permanent threat from forces we do not see or cannot explain and because of it, we protected ourselves with artificial elements in a form of jewelry, crowns or caps. This idea has been continue from one generation to the next to the point that in modern societies some of us still use this type of protection in our bodies (e.g., small cross, divine images, tattoos, etc.).These pieces of art also indicate that humans believed in gods with superpowers and they are looking over us constantly. Humanity also believes in dark forces or demons trying to makes us do things that would upset the good gods. Some of the differences between these sculptures and paint are the material in which each one of them were created. The first figure, the Woman of Willendorf was carved in limestone, the second piece, the portrait of Queen Tiye was carved in wood and the last piece, the Virgin and Child Icon was created of tempera on a wood. You can also notice how the details on their faces and bodies changes throughout the time and years. The woman of Willendorf figurine offers details of a voluptuous nude women’s body but there is not face, or feet. Queen Tiye statue shows the face of a woman in detail closed to the gods but without any body parts and lastly The Virgin and Child Icon, is an expression of divinity of the views, reflections and beliefs from the gospel. Because communities started to innovate on the art of carving and painting, populations began to discover and/or create art with the objective of expressing different purposes of our daily lives, such as the beauty of a woman’s body, or to commemorate an ancient

Throughout history, man has fed the notion that gods demand sacrifice for their blessings to the earth. From ancient Hebrew legends to Greek mythology, peoples from all over the world took part in sacrifice. Whether or not blood was shed, as long as the sacrificial object was meaningful to the people and the process had consent behind it, the sacrifice was deemed valid. In Mary Renault’s novel The King Must Die, the protagonist Theseus discovers the meaning of each sacrifice and the cost of each one. Thus, modern readers may feel renewed by the sacrificial rituals from the book just as Theseus did when he encountered them.

The shrine of Tutankhamun uncovers the burial customs of the New Kingdom Egyptians. The Canopic Shrine positioned on the east wall of the Treasury holds Tutankhamun's embalmed internal organs. A gold chest held four Canopic jars containing the dead pharaoh's internal organs in each jar. Undoubtedly, through the process of mummification, the embalmers must have removed the internal organs and preserved them in the Canopic jars, perhaps to be taken with the pharaoh to the next world. The third and innermost of three coffins of Tutankhamun is made of solid gold and is inset with semiprecious stones and coloured glass. It is covered with carved decorations and inscriptions inside and outside. It bears the names and epitaph of the deceased king and also protective texts. From this we discover the significance of the importance of the decoration of the mummy was, and the power the coffin was believed to hold. Originally, mummification was so expensive that it was a privilege enjoyed only by the Pharaoh and few nobles. Everybody else was given a simple grave burial in one of the vast cemeteries or "necropolises" of the time. But the promise of eternal life was so appealing that it wasn't long before other classes of Egyptians began signing up for mummification, too.

Cartonnage of the mummy of a Theban priest Nespaneterenpera of about 1000 B.C. or the XXI dynasty. The mummy is missing. The head is covered by a large wig symbolizing divinity along with the braided beard. The face is painted bright red with the eyebrows and outlines of the eyes of lapiz lazuli, the eyes being of glass. A pectoral is painted on the breast just above the large bull-headed bird covering the breast. On the balance of the cartonnage are painted religious scenes describes in detail in the January 1937 issue of the Brooklyn Museum Quarterly. Nespaneterenpera was a god-father of Amun, one of those priests who were free to enter the sanctuary. He had been a prophetof the fourth class of Amun of Karnak and also bore the special title

The authors’ interpretation of archaeological evidence is more easily compared since both reference female pillar figurines. Meyers highlights that these replicas are overwhelmingly found in domestic settings, abundant, and are only of pregnant women or those in lactation. Given this evidence, Meyers argues that these figurines were used as a vessel to bring a mother blessings during her pregnancy, birth, and lactation (Meyers 2002, 286-287). Sommer evaluates the terracottas from a different angle, using their existence as a way to challenge his idea that monotheism was prevalent in Ancient Israelite society. Like Meyers, Sommer believes that the figurines serve as a “tangible prayer” for soon-to-be or new mothers used overwhelmingly in homes. He goes on to refute that they were representations of goddesses by quoting Meyers’ evidence which claimed that goddess

It is moreover pyramidal in structure with the vertex coinciding with Mary’s head. The base of the sculpture depicts the rock of Golgotha and is broader than the progressive