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    Naked Body In Genesis

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    In Genesis‚ the naked body is something considered to be ashamed of by Adam and Eve‚ but not “bad”. The bodies of Adam and Eve were created and given by the Lord God‚ which is a pure and good being. In the Sarcophagus of Junius and Bassus‚ we can find Adam and Eve in a lower section between two columns. The reliefs of them are both looking down in a contrapposto position‚ holding a fig leaf with two hands to cover their own genitals‚ standing on two sides of the tree‚ in the opposite direction with

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    would Hassan and his team be able to tell the ages of the skeletal remains of the woman and the baby? *They will be able to tell by getting some X-ray examination done. E) What features of the vertebral column would the larger skeleton in the sarcophagus show to indicate it was a female? *The sacrum (the wider of the pelvic brim) F) What bone in the neck region other than cervical vertebrae may be damaged during strangulation or neck trauma? *That will be the Hyoid bone G) If the bones of a

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    sculpture. Look at the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus  and compare it with some of the attributes of Roman art. -The Early christian architecture and tis decorations began to demonstrate increasing monumentality as a result of its dependence on Roman imperial traditions. This caused the early christian sculpture to be more impressive and a work of art that demonstrated this is a fine Early Christian stone coffin‚ the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus. This richly carved sarcophagus was made for a Roman

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    interruption. In the Ancient Egyptian religion‚ once one has passed away‚ the afterlife would be a very demanding agony. But‚ to first have an afterlife‚ it was believed that one must be ‘mummified’‚ by being put into an ancient Egyptian coffin‚ named a sarcophagus. This was one of the numerous funerary rituals carried out‚ to ensure one has a comfortable afterlife. It was believed that‚ if one had a sin-free and truthful heart‚ it would be lighter than the ‘Feather of truth and justice’‚ this would give the

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    fires out they tried water‚ sand‚ lead‚ and nitrogen but it took two weeks for the fires to go out. Contaminated soil was put into enclosed containers and the people contained the radiated water. The Soviets also covered the reactor in a cement sarcophagus so more radiation could not escape‚ but the structure started to fall apart in 1997. There are plans to build a new containment over the current one and it is said to be completed in 2013. I chose this clean-up site because it seemed very interesting

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    Unit 5 Case study 1: Hassan’s Story Page 184. 1. The 2 types of major surface markings that bones have are depression/openings and processes. 2. The skull bone in which metopic sutures are found is within the skull of a new born‚ that’s one reason why Liu and Hassan were surprised to find metopic sutures in an adult skull. The other reason is because after the age of six or so‚ the sutures should have disappeared. 3. The delicate skeletal structures that are found inside the nasal cavity

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    calf’s leg were made. A priest touched the mouth‚ ears‚ eyes and nose with a symbolic adze in order to allow the deceased to eat‚ see‚ smell and Professional female mourners breathe in their next life. Finally‚ the mummified person was placed in a sarcophagus and left inside the burial crypt. The tomb was sealed off and the funeral procession ended with a feast and celebrations for the deceased who

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    pushing it out through its gills‚ to stop it drying out‚ the lungfish issues a special mucus form its skin covering itself in a thick layer that hardens to form a waterproof cocoon. Only a single hole is left for breathing. Bided into this mud sarcophagus‚ the lungfish slows its metabolism to one sixtieth of its original rate relying on its muscles and body fat as a source of food and water. It becomes just another piece of harden mud. And lungfish have even been known to end up as an accidental

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    Greece: Bronze Age Society – Minoan Society (b) Explain what relevant evidence reveals about Minoan religious beliefs and practices. Most of our sources about Minoan society come from Linear A and B together with depictions in frescoes and on coins and the discovery of evidence found in shrines‚ caves‚ palaces and villas. It is from this evidence that we learn about Minoan religious beliefs and practices‚ including places of religious worship and sacrifices‚ the gods and goddesses that the

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    History of Sculpture Prehistoric Periods Much surviving prehistoric art is small portable sculptures‚ with a small group of female Venus figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf (24‚000–22‚000 BC) found across central Europe;  the 30 cm tall Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel of about 30‚000 BCE has hardly any pieces that can be related to it. The Swimming Reindeer of about 11‚000 BCE is one of the finest of a number of Magdalenian carvings in bone or antler of animals in the art of the Upper

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