Ancient Egypt

Along with her development of Egypt. Hatshepsut’s expedition to Punt was one that she took great pride in. sufficiency for it to be recorded in her mortuary temple. Along with the expedition came many positive results. which included spiritual. economic and political benefits. Bentley believes that it was one of the most ‘important events of…

The Pharaoh Who Was Called Akhenaten A research paper submitted to Mr. Touma in partial fulfillment of the requirements for World Cultures Akhenaten will always be remembered as a great heretic ruler, who uprooted traditional Egyptian religions, and conjured a monotheistic religion that is very close in nature to Christianity and Judaism. His political power…

            Constructed on the northern Gizeh plateau, the Great pyramid of Gizeh was constructed with roughly 2 million limestone blocks, each weighing from a small 2 tone to large 70 ton pieces (Great Pyramid of Giza Association). The construction of these structures is not the sole property of ancient Egyptian history (MSN Encarta). Throughout the…

Queen Nefertiti, an influential and beautiful woman in Egypt, held significant power as she ruled alongside her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten. Their aim was to revolutionize Egyptian religion. Although the specifics of Nefertiti’s early life are unknown, it is believed that she was born around 1390 B.C.E. in the royal city of Thebes. Opinions about her…

Ancient Egypt is known for its incredible relics and massive, intricate monuments. The context of the vast majority of these artifacts are religious in nature or tied to it in some way. In ancient Egypt, their religion was not merely a life-style choice; the religion dictated their entire social structure, from leadership and administration, to…

There were many different occupations in Ancient Egypt including physicians, farmers and priests. Even though these people were important to the society, scribes had the most important occupation because they provided a way for us to know about ancient Egypt. The scribes kept detailed and important records about ancient Egyptian life with the use of…

In ancient times numerous civilizations had unique examples of technology that would leave people of our day and age impressed by, with wisdom was held by our ancestors. Ancient Egypt is one of many of these ancient civilizations to show how incredible mankind can become when it comes to basic building blocks of how we…

Throughout history, most societies held women in an inferior status compared to that of men. This was often justified as being the natural result of biological differences between the men and women. In many societies, people believed women to be more emotional and less decisive than men and not that strong. But it’s different from…

In ancient Egypt, the afterlife was something that people spent a lifetime preparing for. To the Egyptians, death began the process of judgement on the souls of the fallen. If a positive judgement was passed on your soul, you would receive eternal life. Egyptians had a deep rooted belief in immortality. Therefore, their bodies needed…

Introduction According to WHO traditional medicine can be defined to be the sum of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether used in health maintenance as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness[1]. The ancient Egyptian civilization expanded…