Essays on Ancient Egypt

Historians record history in different ways. History textbooks only state facts, but they do not analyze the events that they discuss. Three concepts that are an important aspect of every civilization are art, transportation, and politics because they reflect the culture and the inner workings...

Anthropomorphic imagery is a way of depicting human traits or actions into animals, plants, or non living things. The earliest use of this imagery was known to be utilized in 1755, where in some instances artists represented God as a human in artwork. In another...

Hair styling has always been around and seen in many cultures and societies throughout history, whether it was used to show status in the community or a way of distinguishing one’s profession, it is nonetheless a way to express oneself. As hair is a malleable...

For more than a thousand years the location of Karkemish was forgotten. It was known only as lying “on the Euphrates, ” according to the biblical passage about the battle of 605 b. c. e. that pitted the waning Assyrian army and its Egyptian allies...

“Development is a disruptive process, which destroys in order to build”. There are winners and losers. The struggle to achieve development can be seen as an effort to ensure that basic needs of the people are met while building an economic base to secure a...

In ancient Egypt, the theme and happening of death was a central and critical part of the people’s living and culture. That being said, hand paintings and etchings were not only decora-tive, but also essential. The more refined versions of cave paintings would take place...

Art, itself, has a strong relationship with ways of perception and symbolism. There is always some type of symbolic meaning and perception in regards to art. In chapter 2 of the book, Art Through the Ages, it talks about Ancient Mesopotamia and Persian art. Art...