The burial chamber had been constructed in the center of the ship. The deposit within the chamber contained over 260 artifacts, opulent in their variance and artistry. The findings included weapons, symbolic objects, gold and garnet jewellery, Byzantine silver, personal items, and objects associated with music and feasting. The design of the king 's helmet was of Swedish likeness, tying in the affiliation between the royal family of East Anglia and their Swedish ancestral roots. The layout of the items showed that the personal objects lay towards the center, along the keel line, surrounding the space the body would have occupied.
Introduction This paper will analyze and compare the Egyptian Standing Figure of Osiris with Egyptian Mummy Coffin of Pedusiri, visual elements of Ancient and Medieval Art and Architecture works from the collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum. By comparing and contrasting these two works, we will be able to see the salient parts of each of them more clearly and can better understand the relationship between their periods, cultures, or artists. This comparison will also reveal how these two cultures view the human anatomy and human spirit in different ways.
Olmec colossal heads have been found at La Venta, San Lorenzo, and Tres Zapotes. Despite they were each carved out of a basalt boulder and weigh 8 tons on average, they were hauled for miles through water and across land. No one knows for sure how they were transported, but some believe that the Olmec people used log rollers and balsa rafts to carry the giant heads. They are one of the most mysterious artifacts in the ancient world, but the most believed theory about the Olmec colossal heads is that because of their intricate features, and all the work that was put into making one, they represented Olmec rulers. Another theory is that the heads with helmets were the well-known ball players.
What rules did supervise burials ? What can we say about afterlife beliefs and practices ? Following Jared Diamond's description of the rise and fall of an Empire, did the Maya civilization really suddenly collapse ?
While his mother was enjoying herself at her 80’s birthday party, she whispered to her youngest sister-in-law and questioned “Who will light incense to the dead when I’m gone?” Neither one of their kids wanted to continue on with the tradition and they both knew that there wasn’t any hope for the grandkids to pick up the tradition because they didn’t understand what they were doing and why they were lightening the incense. “They don’t even understand what we are doing when we pray to the dead. Guess when we’re gone, the rituals ends.” (Lam1).
The Norte Chico culture was made up of several different sites, inland and on the coast, in what is now the Norte Chico dry region of north-central coastal Peru (1). The most prominent city of Norte Chico was the city of Caral located in the Supe Valley 200 km north of Lima (2). During the Bronze Age, for roughly 1,200 years from around 3,000 BC, this famous population flourished (3). Since the inland region was located between two mountains, the sites were watered by irrigation canals, which enabled the growth of cotton and food plants such as squash, beans and avocadoes (3). Due to the difference of locations between sites, there were trade and barter systems throughout the culture.
This is one of the civilizations that flourished form the ninth to thirteenth century A.D, and is now home to enormous archeological sites. Among the sites, there is evidence of remains of skulls racks, which once displayed the multiple rows of stone-craved skulls of sacrificial victims (Brandes 1998, 190). However, during the Spanish Conquest, much of the design was removed and completely destroyed by the beginning of the Sixteenth century (Shcmal 2010). During the time of the Spanish Conquest, the Aztec and the Zapotec were the leading power holders of the region of southern Mexico. Because of this, it only makes sense that their usage of elaborate representations of death was then carried over into the artwork of colonial Mexico, becoming, then, associated with Dia de Los Muertos (Brandes 2003,
Just as the Grim Reaper illuminated the relationship between humans and their mortality during the Black Plague, the folk saint Santa Muerte similarly reveals significant information about Mexican society’s view on mortality and it’s relatively close, almost familiar relationship with death. Unlike an official saint that is canonized by the Catholic Church, Mexicans view folk saints as spirits of the deceased who possess miracle-working abilities capable of performing incredible feats such as healing or supernatural punishment. For this reason, many worshipers of Santa Muerte frequently present offerings such as rosaries, candles and flowers to the deity in an attempt to gain her favor and reap the benefits of her blessings. Many believe that
With the detailed accounts and observations made, we are able to interpret what sorts of pottery were present, what it was used for and how different types of pots may have been used. At times, the meaning and significance of a pot can be determined if enough of the right sort of ethnographic data is available to be combined with the artifact findings. Given the findings and what was recorded, the Khina culture people appeared to have been a very resourceful people, with little waste produced as pots were repurposed as much as possible. Knowing this is very important to the interpretation of the artifacts found, especially when looking at the potential function of it, in relationship to its location within the site and in relation to other artifacts of its type. A piece of potter that was once used for cooking or as an important storage vessel could repurposed to a somewhat lesser or cruder task and knowing this is imperative in the interpretation of artifact function.
Human sacrifice was very significant, grateful, and familiar. This had been experienced all throughout the Mesoamerican world, but the Aztecs practiced it at a range never seen before or since. There were diverse types and ways the Aztecs sacrificed people. A few were very violent and terrible, scary while others were, compared to the difficult ones, nothing. One case of an immorality and violent sacrifice was done to honor the god “Huehueteotl”.
The Aztecs were a fearsome collection of people. From complex waterways well beyond their time, to their barbaric sacrificial rituals, the Aztecs were from a unique time period. The conglomeration of the sacrifices and rituals gave rise to the need of a provider of human sacrifices, and thus began the elite society of ancient warriors. Revered highly by all, these warriors were immortalized through the usage of sculptures, paintings, clothing and more.
They also contained many pottery and stone vessels. Mummification – why was it done and give some detail about the
For this year’s National History Day project, we chose egyptian mummification. Mummification is an important tradition in early Egypt. The Egyptians believed in preserving the royal family to be remembered eternally. King Tuttakanah’s undecayed carcass discovered by Howard Carter reflects Egyptian tradition and provides ancient religious aspects of the Egyptians. We want to educate our peers with the knowledge we’ve learned from exploring mummification.
The mortuary feasts is ceremonial that honoring the spirit of the deceased and other ancestor spirits, at which these goods are given to heirs of the deceased in acts of public, ritual generosity. With the help of enchantment and custom, Vanatinai people amass awesome amounts of stylized assets, pigs, privately made family products, and sustenances, for example, yam and sago starch so as to host a years long arrangement of elaborate morgue feasts. The feast is a way for the Vanatinai people to communicate with the ancestor spirits. The assets exhibited at the zagaya and at all previous mortuary feast events, including the funeral, are trades between the living and dead. If the feasts is properly done all mourning taboos are clear from individuals
Many of these are probably statues of gods and kings. Many of the pots were made to honor the gods in the yoruba
