I chose to write about the "Sarcophagus Depicting a Battle Between Soldiers and Amazons (Warrior Women)". A sarcophagus is a stone coffin usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions. Supposedly‚ This Roman cultured sarcophagus was dedicated for an important Roman soldier. It was built some time in between 140 A.D. to 170 A.D. and made out of marble. Sarcophagus were officially made by the Greeks‚ hence the pediment. Although this sarcophagus was built by the Romans they still added the triangular
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Sadly‚ like the Women of Willendorf‚ there isn’t much known about it. Hence why this sarcophagus has a generic name such as “Etruscan Couple’s Coffin”. However‚ don’t let the lack of imagination put into the name fool you. This piece of art could take anyone’s breathe away. Unlike well known‚ Reclining Couple on Sarcophagus‚ where the two are laying side by side‚ in this one the couple is facing each other. Not only are they engaging into each other’s
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The Sexton Archaeology team and I utilised the Mortimer Wheel method of excavating the Abbey Museum Site. This Entailed • Dividing the site into 1m X 1m intervals using string and wooden stakes. Each pair would focus on each individual grid. The grids were categorised by A‚ B‚ C‚ D letters and a corresponding number around the perimeter. • One team member would define the Balks about approximately 10cm in width from the edge of the grid. • Subsequently‚ we began excavating the site using a trowel
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Mesopotamia was the birthplace of the world’s earliest known cities. The Mesopotamians developed one of the earliest writing systems‚ along with mathematics and astronomy. Later on developments of this great civilization include the wheel and the sail. They also divided time units into sixty parts which led to the concept of our 60 second minute and 60 minute hour. So this great culture has done so much for humanity‚ so lets look closely at what they left behind and see which artifact best summarizes
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author. SciFi was not one of those people. They contacted the author and then followed up on the various leads resulting in FULL DISCLOSURE...with HARD EVIDENCE‚ including government documents‚ eye witnesses‚ photos and KGB Film of the tomb‚ sarcophagus‚ tests and film of the test on the alien mummy‚ expert medical and science witnesses. We are lucky enough to have a copy of the SCI FI Evidence. With what we were able to obtain‚ we transcribed and soon will be made available to you. We
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Ancient Civilization The Art This is a typical Roman marble sarcophagus which was made during A.D 138-192‚ and the artist is unknown. The characteristics in the sarcophagus include warriors and horse. The warriors hold the weapon and shield and seems like they were fighting each other in the war. From these soldiers’ facial expressions‚ visitors can know that the war during that period is violence and bloody. Artifact Analysis In this sarcophagus‚ all of the soldiers wear the body armor‚ abolla‚ and
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What is wrapped in linen‚ gets its organs removed and put in a coffin forever‚ don’t know‚ it’s a mummy. In 3000 BC when Ancient Egyptian were roaming the world‚ they had a very complex life. Ancient Egyptians mummies are one of the world’s most interesting ancient artifacts due to how they were made‚ why were they made‚ and where they were buried. The steps to making an Ancient Egyptian mummy are complex. First‚ you clean the body‚ you remove the organs but the heart by cutting a slit on the side
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were surprise about these‚ they found couches‚ wall paintings‚ valuable treasures‚ games that Tutankhamun used to play‚ chariots‚ throne‚ canopic chest and shrine‚ Anubis‚ and the sarcophagus! These contents were important because they told us about Ancient Egyptian society. The inner most coffin of the sarcophagus in the tomb of King Tutakhamun is made of gold and is the body of King Tutankhamu. It shows the facial expression‚ the nemes headdress‚ the ceremonial beard‚ as well as the flail and
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some parts of the tomb‚ exposing parts of the earlier scenes that were originally there. Throughout the tomb’s first three corridors‚ there are holes cut into the walls. These holes held beams attached to ropes to control the descent of the royal sarcophagus when it was lowered into the tomb. In earlier tombs‚ the first chamber was a well chamber in which a deep shaft was cut through the floor to serve as a symbolic tomb for Osiris. There is no shaft cut into the first chamber in KV 14‚ but its
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BCE. My second art pieces is a sculptor as well from Etruscans‚ it’s sarcophagus of Lars Pulena. It was made in 200 BCE. Although both of this are male sculpture‚ they are different. I will compare these two sculpture from two different areas technique and style. I n the first sculpture male harp player‚ we notice that the face and the body are over simplify and highly abstract which makes it flat. In the other hand sarcophagus figure is carved in and out which add a lot of details to the face and
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