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    000 years. The ancient Egyptians were the ones that invented the beautiful work of art …. Makeup. Studies show that about 44% of women are “ dependent on makeup”. What’s the purpose of makeup? Why do so many people wear it? How do you even put it on? For beginners, It’s good to know the purpose of wearing makeup, the different types of makeup, and the proper application to create a fresh- faced work of art. Accordingly Makeup can be used for many things. The ancient Egyptians used makeup made from

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    Ancient egypt was a very diverse and amazing culture starting around the year 3200 BCE. The ancient egyptians were a race of people who were very religious and deeply divided by gender roles and a strong hierarchy. The egyptians were also very advanced in a sense of their technology and economic economy for their time. Family life was very important to the people of egypt most men would marry at the ages of 16-20 because they had to establish the fact that they could support the the family. In

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    important or just daily needs. When a couple couldn’t have a child, they would pray to the gods for the help of conception. The Egyptians would even go as far as trying to use magic to try and have children. As a last resort, they would just adopt children. Boys would be trained from their fathers (trade or craft), and girls would learn from their mothers (read or write). Women would hired as maids or nannies into wealthy families. If the parents were to die,

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    Walk Like An Egyptian Hello, I am the local scribe and I am honored that the pharaoh wanted me to write down many facts about our Egypt today to send it far far into the future into the year 2015 in the time of AD! I am delighted to enlighten you with the story of our beautiful land named Egypt! Some Important Gods A few major Gods you should know Ra – the strong God of the sun Anubis – the harsh God of death Isis – the magical Goddess of magic Horus, the amazing God of the sky Sobek – the

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    to an end when by the twelfth century when it was replaced by the Arabic language. Even after this language was replaced the Coptic Orthodox church still used it instead of the Arabic language. The Arabic language has become the main language of Egyptian christian and Muslim. This language has been unchanged since the seventh century. “However, the written language has changed the modern forms of style and the language is simpler than in original Arabic and are often the same as English or French

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    In the year of 1882, Egyptian territory was marked in defeat when British forces lay seize and eventual occupation of the large North African country. Better recognized as the Anglo-Egyptian war, with aid from the French, the British were able to assess their power and pour their influences into Egypt by ending nationalistic rule against the Egyptian Khedive, Tawfiq Pasha. However, with the result of the Urabi revolt, the British advocated their rise in the African continent for three main reasons:

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    civilizations like Ancient Egypt began to emerge. Every complex society needs a well organized government. The Egyptians had many important people in their government. No one could question the supreme leader, the Pharaoh. Pharaohs were believed to control weather and wars. They also controlled the laws, the military, and their people. Religion was a very significant part of the Ancient Egyptians’ lifestyle, and Pharaohs had full control over it. Below the mighty Pharaoh were the Viziers. Some of their

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    the touch screen will be a spout. The child will then select which sex they resonate with and out of the spout will come silver tokens, four for a female and six for a male. The purpose of this beginning section is to show that in ancient Egyptian culture women were secondary to men (Robins 1993). After the children receive their tokens they go around the white wall to use those tokens throughout the exhibit to participate in the other sections. The purpose of the large wall is to force the children

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    Make Up History

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    today. Women use makeup to enhance their natural beauty, but how they express themselves to the public has changed constantly. Makeup was first originated from Egypt. The ancient Egyptians used copper and lead ore to create the world’s first cosmetics, as early 40000 - 10000 BCE. They lined their eye with kohl, a substance made of soot,metal, and fat. It was thought that kohl helped to prevent the eyes from blindness. Red or orange lipstick was worn to symbolize status - both men and women in the

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    leave behind their culture to start anew. A Border Passage is a personal memoir of Ahmed 's childhood in Cairo, her academic life in England, and her professional life in America. She weaves a beautiful story of the impact of imperialism and the Egyptian revolutions on her life and the life of her family. She struggles with

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