Architect‚ physician‚ statesman‚ astrologer‚ minister‚ God. Known to many in ancient Egyptian history Imhotep (pronounced im-HO-tep) meaning “He Who Comes In Peace” was said to be related or linked to the Gods with his skill in medicine‚ attention to detail in architecture‚ and political standing in the Djoser’s court. His statue shows his bald as a priest with a piece of parchment in his hands. With so many titles to his name‚ many find themselves asking “who is Imhotep?”. A valuable question indeed
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long as human history itself. A. Ancient history shows several misconceptions of the function of the brain. 1. The first written account of brain anatomy came from ancient Egypt. “Even with the emphasis on head injuries described in the Edwin Smith Papyrus‚ the ancient Egyptians still believed that it was the heart‚ not the brain‚ that was the seat of intellect and sensation‚” ("Ancient Egypt and Neuroscience"‚ 2014). 2. “The great Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle believed that our consciousness
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EGYPT’S STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES Strengths: 1- the Nile river and its fertile banks 2- isolated country difficult to invade 3- papyrus growing on the banks so possibility to write. And they do write and record everything. Writers are then called Scribes. 4- On the Mediterranean Sea‚ but also south in Africa: contact with two worlds so to speak. And also‚ an opening on the red sea called Erythrean Sea‚ so also commerce with Persia and India. 5- A happy people‚ full of optimism‚ meditating
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Hieroglyphics were also used for writing poems‚ myths‚ medical recipes and records of battle‚ legal documents‚ trade transactions and even magic spells. Scribes‚ wrote with hieroglyphics on walls of temples but mostly papyrus‚ an early form paper. Mesopotamian scribes‚ instead of writing on papyrus wrote on clay tablets. Mesopotamians are credited with inventing the earliest form of writing‚ Cuneiform. With the use of reed styluses‚ they carved pictographs into clay tablets and left the tablets to dry. Even
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The invention of algebra from the ancient world has produced many opportunities for the modern world we live in today. According to the Webster’s Dictionary‚ “algebra by definition is the part of mathematics in which letters and other symbols are used to represent numbers and quantities in formulae and equations.” First and for most‚ algebra is divided into two different groups‚ the first group being “classical algebra”‚ which is solving equations and finding the unknown variable. The second group
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Midterm Exam A. The cultural differences between the two pieces of art work are that the Hall of the Bulls painting is about spreading life from within while Ti and the Hippopotamus is more about after life so they can enjoy stuff they did in their current life in their after life. A similarity both pieces of art have are that they are both showing their hunting culture in the artwork and just how they lived and survived their everyday lives. The painting of Ti and the Hippopotamus is carved
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ORIGIN Parsi or Persian was the language of the Parsa people who ruled Iran between 550 - 330 BCE. It belongs to what scholars call the Indo-Iranian group of languages. It became the language of the Persian Empire and was widely spoken in the ancient days ranging from the borders of India in the east‚ Russian in the north‚ the southern shores of the Persian Gulf to Egypt and the Mediterranean in the west. Over the centuries Parsi has changed to its modern form and today Persian is spoken primarily
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1 To begin‚ Egypt was kept from outside influence because of its natural boundaries and the Nile. Therefore‚ this had positive effects on Egypt’s agriculture and development. The natural boundaries included the Mediterranean Sea‚ deserts and the six cataracts of the Nile. Since there were no outside influences there were no pressures and so this ancient river valley civilization could develop. The Nile did not only protect them but it also benefited them a lot. The annual flood of the Nile
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surgically operate on patients but as seen in the Edwin Smith Papyrus: a clinical reappraisal of the oldest known document on spine injuries “ It is fascinating to see the shift of treatment goals over time. Whereas ancient Egyptian triage medicine considered the likelihood of survival as the most important outcome of interest‚ nowadays the quality of life is and functional outcome measures are the primary interest.” (Edwin Smith Papyrus‚ 43–44). Although they understood how to operate and diagnose
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Culture: Ancient Egyptian- Old Kingdom Artist: Unknown Title: False Door Date: Roughly 2400 B.C.E. Media: Limestone Measurements: 61 x 45 3/5 x 4 1/2 in. (154.9 x 115.8 x 11.4 cm) Accession #: 52.22 This relief sculpture serves more of a religious-function that any aesthetic one. Aside from have some minor damage done‚ it is nearly perfectly balanced. On the bottom of the piece are four men; two on each side that mirror each other. They all hold what seem to be spears in one hand and a scepter in
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