British Museum Essays

Rosetta, near the northern coast of Egypt. French soldiers discovered it in 1799. The stone later came into British possession in 1801, when they defeated the French in Egypt. The stone has been in the British Museum in London since 1802, only being moved once during World War II because of its safety. Egyptians have demanded for the stone’s return to Egypt since 2003, something the British are not eager to

associations” (Cartwright). In art, the Gods were given human bodies and characters just like ordinary people. Some Gods were good, while others were bad. Zeus, the king of the Gods, controlled weather. The thunderbolt was his most powerful weapon. The British Museum states that the ancient Greeks believed that when lightning struck the earth, it was a sign on Zeus being present. The story behind Zeus was where his father started getting paranoid about his children killing him, that he started eating his own

Over the last twenty-six years thousands of historical artifacts have been looted or damaged from Iraq’s ancient archaeological sites. These artifacts are Iraq’s patrimony that contribute to the present identity of Iraq and it’s people, providing rich history of the development of some of the world’s earliest civilizations, writing systems, and the rise and fall of vast empires throughout time. With these artifacts lost, Iraq loses the evidence and history of many events in the past that has shaped

Cravens World: The Human Aesthetic exhibit was perfectly organized according to the six cross-cultural themes: Storage Vessels, Masking Tradition, Human Figure, Ritual Status and Prestige, and Personal Adornment. The objects in the upper wall cabinets and the drawers are organized by geographic region: Drawer A=North America, Drawer B=North America, Drawer C=Central and South America, Drawer D=Currency, Drawer E=Near East and Europe, Drawer F= Africa, Drawer G=Africa, Drawer H=Asia, Drawer I=Oceania

Did you know that something as simple as an artifact could tell us so much about the past? It can tell us who created or used it, and why. An artifact can also explain to us major events from the past. I have decided to chose the four artifacts that impressed me the most. I chose arches, and the “Book of Optics”, from the Muslim Empire. And for Medieval Europe, I chose knights armor and “Domesday Book.” I feel like these four artifacts stood out as huge inventions and innovations that helped us get

The pentacle symbol has been around since the Stone Age. It is amongst the few ancient symbols that are still highly popular today. Over the course of history, it has been used in religion, art, architecture, fashion, and more. However, the meaning and interpretation of this symbol vary significantly. In the Wiccan religion, the five-pointed pentacle symbol signifies the five basic elements of life such as water, air, fire, earth, and the spirit. The circle around the star-shaped figure symbolizes

Introduction Rome admired Greek's culture. Therefore, Pantheon is similar to Parthenon. But Parthenon's function is to worship only one venus, Athena. On the contrary, Pantheon's function is to worship several gods in Rome. This difference leads to several differences of both architectures. The way the style and function (use) of each building serves as a typical example of its culture Greeks had developed their culture. Roman was surprised at the highly developed Greek culture. Therefore, Roman

INTRODUCTION Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, involving two or more race horeses with jockeys (primarily as a profession) racing on the same distance for competition. The end is to identify which of horses is the fastest over a set course or distance. The rulse are prety much the same like in thebeging of racing. HISTORY Already in ancient times were horse racing with riders or carts popular spectacle, extended all over the world: Roman, United Kingdom and Greece as well as in

Raman Microscopic Analysis of a Multi-Pigmented Surface from the Theban Tomb (TT277), Luxor, Egypt H.H. Marey Mahmoud Department of Conservation, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt (Received October 22, 2012; in nal form January 9, 2013) In this study, the Raman microscopy technique was employed for identifying a multi-pigmented surface from the wall decorations of the Theban tomb (TT277), Luxor, Egypt. The Raman spectra were collected in the near infrared excitation line

There were three main architectural styles in ancient Greece, they were the Doric, Ionic, and the Corinthian. We will examine the style and function of these two well known buildings, those being the Parthenon in Athens and the Parthenon in Rome. We will consider the similarities and differences of the culture and how that shows throughout the buildings architectural design The Parthenon of Athens was built under the watchful eye of statesman Perikles, in the year 447 BC.The ancient Greeks will very

both were made for goddess, and used architectural systems. Their differences Rome Parthenon and Athens were builded 6 centuries apart. Parthenon was builded in B.C.E and Rome was builded in 126 CE. Rome was a catholic church and Athens was used as a museum. They were used by different architectural systems which were for the romans architectural system arch technology and Athens was post intel system. Athens was open wasn’t opening to the public only to the elites. When the romans was open to the

Before Osiris is from the New Kingdom, which a famous scene (chapter 125) from the book of the dead, that is a painted papyrus, a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the stem of a water plant, it was used in sheets for writing or painting, also used for making rope, boats, and sandals. The painted papyrus was found in the tomb of the scribe Hunefer and it dates to about 1285 BC. The scene reads from left to right and the papyrus is possibly around 45 centimeters in height and 90 centimeters in

In this essay, I will compare the differences and similarities of two ancient buildings, the Parthenon in Athens, and the Pantheon in Rome. Both buildings are significant structures and important symbols to the people of ancient times. The Parthenon in Athens, Greece is a Classical Greek rectangular Doric temple built completely of marble with Ionic columns on a limestone base. It was completed in the year 432 BC and built in honor of the goddess Athena for her help in defeating the Persians in the

The article “The Lovely Stones,” by Christopher Hitchens focuses on the major issues he sees with the museums that hold the original Parthenon sculptures. Hitchens builds a strong argument to persuade his readers that the original Parthenon sculptures should be returned to their original residence in Greece. The author used a variety of techniques in order to have his readers side with him on this bitter argument. Hitchens constructed his argument by using persuasive words, by explaining the importance

Timothy Jenkins R.A. Rough draft English110 2-17-16 In a 2010 Rosetta Stone commercial, the company successfully utilized pathos, ethos and logos in the selling of their product. Some background information about Rosetta Stone is that it is a company whose name comes from the Rosetta Stone found in Egypt. The stone was used to help decipher hieroglyphs and their goal is to sell their software to help with language acquisition. After viewing this infomercial, I came to realize that their intended

Thousands of years ago, ancient humans created pots, weapons, and other items, that to them, were just use for everyday life. But to scientist today, these items could be worth thousands of dollars, sometimes more. Some of these items can be found when building cities and roads, but many are buried in the great depth of the earth, holding the mysteries of their creators with them. Archaeologist flock to remote areas to be the first to uncover new secrets from our past. But, should archeologists,

Introduction: In Art 100 we are discusiing Ancient Egypt and the inpact it had on Africa and countries. For our first assigment which is located in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, I visited the Egyptian Gallery which is located on the third floor. There were many exciting pieces of art work but the one piece that stood out for me. I will go into details and explain my fasination with this art piece and what it represent ot me. Name and Date of the piece: The name of the the piece that I have choosen

Both the Parthenon from Ancient Greece, and the Pantheon from Rome share many similarities as well as many differences. Both of these amazing structures started out as temples in their local cultures. The Parthenon temple in Greece was dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. (Wikipedia) The Pantheon in Rome is a temple built for every God representative of all people. Although the temples were representative of different Gods, they both bring attention

Introduction Alabaster name may derive further from the Ancient Egyptian word alabaste, which refers to vessels of the Egyptian goddess Bast, who was represented as a lioness and frequently depicted as such when placed atop these alabaster vessels. It has been suggested that the name was derived from the town of Alabaster on in Egypt, while an arabic etymological origin has also been suggested by Harrell, 1990 [1]. Travertine also is commonly referred to as alabaster in the Egyptological literature

The Early Minoan Period: The Tombs Cave Burials Burial in caves was the standard form of burial during the Late Neolithic period in the north and east of the island. There is no evidence so far for LN burials in southern Crete predating the earliest use of tholos tombs in the Final Neolithic. During Early Minoan (EM) I-II, burial in caves continues in the north and east and lasts into EM III and even MM IA in the east. Burials in caves are almost always found in a highly disordered state with