King Ay was the Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt‚ who reigned from 1325 BC to 1321 BC He was the successor of Tutankhamun who ruled from 1334 BC to 1325 BC. Ay was succeeded by Horemheb (1321 – 1292 BC). Ay was also given a royal name‚ i.e. Kheperkheperure which meant "Everlasting is the Manifestations of Re" (tripod.com). When Akhenaten was ruling‚ Ay came to be known as ‘Master of Horses’. Later‚ he used to serve as the Grand Vizier when Tutankhamun was in power. He had much influence
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throughout the Cold War. Today it draws more than 500‚000 visitors annually to Berlin’s Neues Museum. Akhenaten’s transformation of religion brought with it radical changes in artistic conventions. Departing from the idealized images of earlier pharaohs‚ Akhenaten is sometimes depicted with feminine hips and exaggerated features. Early images of Nefertiti show a stereotypical young woman‚ but in later ones she is a near mirror image of Akhenaten. Her final depictions reveal a regal but realistic
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queens of the new kingdom were as followed; Tetisheri the grandmother of Ahmose‚ Ahhotep the mother of Ahmose and Ahmose-Nefertari‚ The sister-wife of Ahmose‚ whilst having great influence over Hatshepsut‚ who later is known as one of the greatest Pharaohs. Queen Tetisheri was the first major queen‚ coming from non-royal parents‚ and being the wife of Seqenere Tao‚ and the mother of Seqenere Tao 2. Credited as the ‘Mother of The New Kingdom’ due to her influence on her son‚ and grandsons; Kamose and
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TUTANKHAMUN “living image of Amun” 12th pharaoh of 18TH dynasty of Egypt appointed pharaoh age 9 in 1334-1323 BC during period of “New Kingdom” Died at around 18 or 19 in 1352 B.C. death unknown Located in the Valley of the Kings (upper Egypt west of nile) – contains many tomb of kings from the New kingdom Howard Carter – worked in Egypt for 31 years before discovery‚ started at 17 copying wall scenes and inscriptions. In 1907‚ George Herbert the 5th was the Earl of Canarvan place in England
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Both the statues were influenced by the culture in which the artist created them and by their place of origin. Hatshepsut is depicted as a male king wearing a kilt and a linen headdress and a king’s false beard‚ which is a purely idealized form of pharaoh for ancient egyptians. While‚ Kouros is more realistic in its pose and height‚ which resembles a typical young Greek man but still the eyes are too large for his head and he wears a feigned smile known as the "archaic smile"‚ which is unconvincing
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legacy are the pharaohs who ruled Ancient Egypt. The pharaohs in Ancient Egypt were not only the rulers of Egypt‚ but they were seen as living gods. The pharaohs of Ancient Egypt are a great legacy because they were so well respected and powerful. The pharaohs are the reason why Egypt has such amazing structures and pyramids because pyramids were built especially for the pharaohs. They were built to assure the pharaohs lived a great afterlife with everything they enjoyed. Great Pharaohs such as Ramses
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BRIEF HISTORY Queen Hatshepsut (the Foremost of Women) was the first great woman in recorded history: the forerunner of such figures as Cleopatra‚ Elisabeth I Tudor and Catherine the Great. The eldest daughter of King Tuthmosis and Queen Ahmose‚ she learned much of the art of ruling the country from her father with whom she had a special bond. She outlived her siblings and‚ after the death of her father‚ she became a queen of Egypt and ruled together with her half-brother-husband‚ Tuthmosis II
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Mesopotamia (1) Some of the Mesopotamia cities were Ur‚ Hatra‚ Samarra‚ Nineveh‚ Lasgash‚ Nasiriyah‚ Assur‚ etc. The people within the cities were well known for the metal work‚ wooden textiles‚ and stoneware. (2) Mesopotamia’s government is known as theocracy‚ it consisted of each city having its own chief‚ working under a single ruler. (3) The Mesopotamia’s religion was polytheistic‚ the people strongly had a belief that the ziggurats connected heaven and earth. The gods or goddesses had
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Jacques Tardi and directed by Luc Besson (“The Fifth Element”). The genre of this is more on adventure‚ action and comedy. It tackles about the adventures of the author Adèle Blanc-Sec on her search for the mummy Patmosis‚ physician of the great pharaoh Ramses II of Egypt. With the help of Esperandieu‚ a physicist‚ and his concept of life after death‚ the plan is to resuscitate Patmosis to cure her paralyzed/almost dead sister. The story doesn’t only focuses on the concept of mummy but also to
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Lester Pecayo Mr. Jason Whitmarsh HUM 2020 12 April 2017 Life of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) Amenhotep IV is the second son of Amenhotep the Magnificent and he was a pharaoh of Egypt. The time he reigned was during the New Kingdom period. The New Kingdom was known to be time of Egypt’s prosperity; as a result‚ Amenhotep IV‚ who would later change his name to Akhenaten‚ was able to do whatever he wanted. This can include starting a religious revolution and ignoring your allies. After Akhenaten’s
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