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soldiers, filling up local cemeteries. II.TOMBS OF THE UNKNOWNS The vietnam war had a solider that was unknown,They were able to find out his name was Michael Blassie. Michael Blassie Was and officer in the United States Air Force. The White marble sarcophagus which

King Tutankhamun is one of the most famous pharaohs in ancient Egyptian history. Tutankhamun was was alive from 1343 B.C. to 1325 B.C., and reigned the throne for just nine of the 18 years he was alive. He led a short, but somewhat successful life. However, he is also the center of one of history's biggest mysteries; How did he die? Much of his life (and death) is left for the mind to wonder what Ancient Egypt was like. But that didn’t stop egyptologists from inventing theories as to what it

The pyramid of Giza is known as the Great Pyramid of Khufu too.  His pyramid was 480 feet tall. It was the tallest man-made structure in the \whole world for almost 4,000 years. Khufu believed the Great Pyramid was his stairway to heaven. Also, the sides absolutely aligned with the points of the compass. The north side faces the north, the east side faces the east, etc. It is estimated that at least 2.3 million limestone stones were used in the making of the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Each one of

It Begins: An Analytic Essay The poem, It Begins was written by RC Weslowski and was published in the literary journal, ‘Forces to Bear: The Reculturalization of Canadian Poetry’ in 2014. Throughout this poem, Welsowski portrays the struggles that one faces when they are confronted with betrayal and displays the different ways one may cope or express themselves during the aftermath by using descriptive language, structured metaphors and minimal to no punctuation. Beginning the poem with the explanation

Women have played many roles in societies since the dawn of time ever changing with time and from society to society. Each society hold a special place and role for women good and bad. Freedoms and equality of women has varied from opression to freedom. I will discuss some specific pieces of art and explain how the art shows the role of women in a specific society. I will tell you of their paril and achivements through time. Giving you a glimpse into the lives of women and how they were percieved

decided to trick him. Set told Osiris whoever sat inside the sarcophagus the best would receive it as a gift. So when Osiris lay in the sarcophagus to see if it fit his brother, Set, slammed the lid closed and sent him down the Nile River. Isis, Osiris wife, was looking for her husband down the Nile River when some children told her where it was. It is believed now that children had the gift of divinity because they could locate the sarcophagus. There are many myths of the Nile River that related to the

standing as a monumental icon of the importance of religion within classical art and archaeology. These monuments could be shrines with altars inside, such as the Parthenon. They could contain religious votives for the afterlife, like the Ayia Triadha sarcophagus. They could also be the religious shrine themselves, such as with Aphrodite of Knidos, who is the goddess of love and fertility. Or they could be shrines of familial protection, like the lararium from the house of Vetti in Pompeii. During antiquity

Us Etruscans are well known for our grand funerary practices, which involve creating enormous multi-chambered tombs, especially for us wealthy families, with some exceeding 130 feet in diameter and reaching nearly 50 feet in height . Banditaccia necropolis, the Greek word that translates to “the city of the dead”1, started becoming an orderly arrangement of subterranean tombs along a system of streets in the seventh century and now, in the fifth century, or the Archaic Period, our tombs are continuing

The funerary rituals introduced by the Egyptians were the most intricate, spiritual rites in their times and, perhaps, even to this day. Their elaborate customs, tombs, and gifts to the dead were representative of their pious, devoted nature. Albeit not all were as imposing as the oldest and still remaining Seven Wonder of the World, the Pyramids of Giza, all were meaningful and sacred. The Egyptians, highly reverent of their dead, adopted ornate, religious burial practices to fit to every member

was the God of embalming and the dead. Anubis was the God that watched over the mummifying process, so there was no room for any mistakes. Mummification involved removing the internal organs, wrapping the body in linen, and burying it in a stone sarcophagus or wooden coffin. This process took 70 days to have a body completely mummified. Mummification was also important because without a tomb there was no other way into the afterlife. If you died without having a tomb your "Ka" was left to wander the