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Celia Franks: Ancient Egyptian burial and funerary ritual objects ...

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The culture that developed there was unique, having relatively little influence from the trade ... “Egyptian artists executed works of art mainly for the elite ...

Egypt: faith after the pharaohs — Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/egypt-faith-after-the-pharaohs-the-british-museum/QwVR2q6UTAaFJg?hl=en
In the Roman period, it was at the centre of a vast network of trade ... In ancient Egypt the god Horus was the divine representation of the living ...

Tessa Godard: Ancient Egyptian Goddesses — Google Arts & Culture

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Hathor, an ancient Egyptian goddess, was the most import and most popular of the deities. ... She was worshipped mainly in Lower Egypt. She was one of the ...

The Secret History of the Color Blue — Google Arts & Culture

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Today blue textile dyes and pigments are mainly synthetic, but the color still holds the same powerful symbolism as it did when it was a rare and costly shade.

neaesoc - 2022-2023 Lecture Summaries

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So what was the worst job in ancient Egypt? Sarah's strong candidates were the field hand, the sandal-maker and the washerman. The Satire of the Trades ...

Religion and Empire — Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/religion-and-empire-barakat-trust/-AXRqo6RtagdGg?hl=en
... ancient Egypt, and Amurru in modern Syria is documented in the Amarna letters. Egyptian pharaohs controlled Gaza for 350 years before the Philistines did.

Visible Language (Part II) — Google Arts & Culture

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Why Did the Egyptians Invent Writing? Historians and archaeologists used to believe that writing originated in Mesopotamia and spread to Egypt through trade and ...

Colonial Background: The Museum of Ethnology Hamburg ...

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Another trading house specialising in the trade of ethnographic objects was the J.F.G. ... It was made to give the impression that it originated in ancient Egypt.

Preserving Our Past — Google Arts & Culture

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From ancient history to today. 7 Facts on 7 Millennia. Egyptian history through the years.

The Cultural Landscape — Google Arts & Culture

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In recent years, the landscape has also been enriched by areas of reforestation, mainly with pine and eucalyptus trees. ... In ancient Egypt it was a symbol of ...

neaesoc - Lecture Summaries

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Sais is located in the north western part of the Delta and was an important administrative centre from ancient times. It was even the capital of Egypt briefly ...

Cinnamon: Botany, Agronomy, Chemistry and Industrial Applications ...

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Jan 25, 2021 ... The quest for cinnamon brought many explorers to Ceylon, whose ancient history is intertwined with the cinnamon trade. Ancient Egyptians and ...

The Egyptian Collection in the MANN — Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-egyptian-collection-in-the-mann-national-archaeological-museum-of-naples/QQVxLYFo2ez5Jg?hl=en
Along with its famous Pompeian antiquities and the Farnese collection, the MANN can boasts one of the most ancient Egyptian collection in Europe.

Celtic life in Iron Age Britain — Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/celtic-life-in-iron-age-britain-the-british-museum/_AWRz1O9u3piJg?hl=en
The ancient Greeks and Romans called the Iron Age ... Although the revolt did not succeed, her forces did considerable damage before they were defeated.

Fashion in Colors: Red, Yellow, Blue — Google Arts & Culture

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... ancient times. The red and white contrasting pekin stripes also heighten the ... mainly as a consequence of Napoleon's expedition to Egypt. Such stripe ...

Simple machines — Google Arts & Culture

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History. The inclined plane, also called a ramp, was not considered a machine until the Renaissance. This is mainly because inclined planes have no ...

The Decline and Fall of the Ptolemies: Ptolemaic Egypt 146 30 BC ...

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And looming over all was the rising power of Rome. This had been largely absent from the eastern Mediterranean until the Mithradatic wars brought its power ...

Markets and Exchanges in Pre-Modern and Traditional Societies ...

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Jun 30, 2021 ... Markets emerge in recent historical research as important spheres of economic interaction in ancient societies. In the case of ancient Egypt ...

The Story of Irish Linen: Flax to Fabric — Google Arts & Culture

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Ireland was famed for linen damask, a fine cloth with a pattern woven into it. Perhaps the most famous factory in the history of Irish damask is the workshop of ...

The Decline and Fall of the Ptolemies: Ptolemaic Egypt 146-30 BC ...

https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Ptolemies.html?id=nh3S0AEACAAJ
Nov 11, 2024 ... And looming over all was the rising power of Rome. This had been largely absent from the eastern Mediterranean until the Mithradatic wars ...