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    first time, researchers have conducted a broad array of tests on the knees and say they are confident they belong to Nefertari, who was the wife of Pharaoh Ramses II and one of the most famous of Egypt's queens. The knees, which are housed at the Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy, have long been presumed to be hers. But Egyptologist Joann Fletcher from the University of York tells The Two-Way that until now, there was plenty of reason for skepticism. "We know certainly in the Valley of the Queens,

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    Egypt Social Structure

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    of the very first civilizations, that was established in 3100 BCE. Some key points of this paper are going to be about the development of civilization, geography, social structure, Hierarchy, and where the Ancient Egyptian civilization began. The Nile River is where the Ancient Egyptians found their resources to survive. The Nile River was also used for many things including trade and fertilization. Some of the things most often traded were gold, papyrus, linen, and grain. In return, Nubia traded

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    The nile likewise was an exchange course. Egyptians dealers went here and there the nile in pontoons trading items from everywhere. 2. How was Egypt’s government structured during the Old Kingdom? 3.

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    before the world was created. This chaos was a symbol of the Gods attempting to realign the world. This myth of chaos makes sense because Mesopotamians lived in a highly chaotic environment. They couldn’t rely on a stable source of water like the Egyptians, which led to a decentralized and war-like society. This conflict led to the symbol of blood, which represented a life-giving property, but did not guarantee immortality. Additionally, because their world was so uncertain, Mesopotamians were always

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    similarities to mesopotamia but it is a lot different.They are great farmers and use the nile river for many things. They used it like you used the tigris and euphrates river.. The Egyptians used it for everything like bathing,Farming,Cooking, and they even used it for a barrier.It was a huge part of the Egyptians life. Egyptians also had many achievements. They had two different types of writing The demotic script and hyrogliphics. The demotic script was made for faster and more efficient writing. Hyrogliphics

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    Sannai-Maruyama

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    Sannai- Maruyama was a long-term settlement located in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan. The site is made up of over 500 pit-dwellings measuring around 3-4 meters in diameter, adult burial pits, child burial jars, and pits for storage and clay mining. The pits are significant because they showed archaeologists that the inhabitants were not yet sedentary and used these pits to hide food before leaving the area. There is also roads and artifacts including pottery, clay figurines, digging sticks

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    Gifts of the Nile Valley The book Gifts of the Nile Valley tells the history of, not only one of Africa's greatest and most important natural monuments, The Nile River, but also uses that history to link the earliest traces of mankind to Africa. The begging of the book explains the importance of the Nile River both for mankind and for the environment around it. The beginning chapters also explain how the Nile River actually works, which I personally found very interesting. According to the book

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    Alabama Geology Report

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    As the appointed state geologist, Dr. Eugene Allen Smith spent his career surveying and studying Alabama’s unique geology. Dr. Smith is credited with the creation of the Alabama geological map in 1927. As a professor at the university, Dr. Smith could only do his research in the summer. During the summer, Smith and his team would travel across the state surveying the land with the same tools modern geologists use today. This map became crucial to Alabama’s industrial development, as that it displayed

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    Ancient Egyptians may have lived thousands of years ago, but their impact to today's society is evident in their contributions to the modern world. This amazing civilization was born on the Nile River which allowed them the ability to become a huge agricultural and trading center. The whole world knew about Egyptians and their government and social structure on their religious beliefs. It's amazing that the government and the social structure of this ancient civilization would exist thousands of

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    Chlamys Statue

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    The statue represents a boy dressed in chlamys carrying a round object on his back hanging in a sling. The body shows wide shoulders and tender lines indicate boyish appearance. The left arm is bent from elbow, enveloped inside the mantle and held tightly to the chest. Fig.1 The left hand is holding the two hanging robes of the round object on the back side. Fig.2 The right arm is extending beside the body, curves slightly to fix its two folding edges together on the thigh. The details of fingers

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