Amenemhat III

class. As a result, this essay will focus on Senwosret III Art piece I will give a clear description on the material and tools used, date and name of the art piece, details and descriptions of my observation. Name and date of the piece: I visited the Egypt Exhibit, from which I chose the artifact Senwosret III. I chose this impressive art piece, Senwosret because he was the most…

identification of Satsobek is a scarab, a small beetle shaped amulet, which was found with her mummy (Fig. 6-7). This scarab is on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York City. It is dated to the early Twelfth Dynasty, specifically 1950-1900 BC. The scarab is made of lapis lazuli (Fig. 6-7). The use of the stone is historically attributed to royalty (Fig. 6-7). According to the MET’s catalogue, the scarab was excavated in Tomb 954 of el-Lisht North, in the Memphite region of…

brothers who tried to kill him but, decided to sell him as a slave. As Sinuhe flees by himself, afraid for his life and becomes a prominent person in a foreign land near Canaan. Similarly, Joseph against all odds climbed the ladder of success a few times to become second in command in Egypt. The time line of Josephs birth 1745 BC and his death 1635 BC. However, the stories of the Bible differ from the Sinuhe greatly. As seen, Sinuhe was a royal courtier, an assistant to King Amenemhat I. King…

Have you ever wondered who Thutmose III was? Thutmose III was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During the first 22 years of Thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh. Thutmose the Third was born to a wealthy family in 1482, BC. He became pharaoh when he was seven years old after his father died but his aunt Queen hatshepsut was still Pharaoh and queen of Egypt. Thutmose then had children his four sons named…

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015), between half and three quarters of nursing home residents fell each year. Falls can be prevented by determining and addressing fall risk factors. Kamehameha Nursing Home is dedicated to provide best quality of care to its residents and their families. One way to provide best quality of care is to avoid fall incidents in the facility. As of year 2015, there were 120 residents in Kamehameha Nursing Home who suffered physical injuries…

Burial practices in the Valley of the Kings The Valley of the Kings was the hidden burial ground of many Ancient Egyptians pharaohs who remain undisturbed in their afterlife for thousands of years. From the detailed examination of the archaeological remains of the Valley of the Kings, it can be revealed that archaeological evidence had several symbolic meanings to the pharaohs as it showcases Egyptian beliefs, revealed how materialistic pharaohs were in life and death and the significance of…

By looking at the way composers represent the intertextual connections between texts, audiences are provided with heightened understanding of humanity’s changing contexts in shaping the values and societal paradigms that transcend in time. Within William Shakespeare’s tragedy “King Richard III” (1591), Shakespeare’s depiction of the Machiavellian political endeavour regarding Richard’s personal ambition in the pursuit of authority as a product of his deformed vessel of his corporeality, reflects…

Tragic love stories have fascinated humans since ancient times. They conquered the hearts of many and opened the ways for more love stories. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – to October 1400) is one of the most famous English authors of the middle ages. Chaucer is considered the father of English literature and thrilled the mass with his literary works. His most famous works include the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. Yet, again a tragic love story that is still widely popular in the 21st…

Look at the way people dress. Listen to the words of music. Look closely at the plot in movies. We do not often know that some of these are often influenced by the most famous writer and playmaker, William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has influenced quite a bit of today's modern culture through tragic, comical, and love filled writings and plays he wrote in the Renaissance period. We often see remakes of his romantic play, Romeo and Juliet, or his tragic play, Macbeth. Movies such as The Lion King…

There are many iterations of the Hamlet story that have been filmed dating from 1907 up until the year 2009 yet only five of those many movies portray a good feeling and meaning for the“To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy. The five movies in mention are the Branagh, Gibson, Blockbuster, Olivier, and Doran’s versions. In the five movies the camera angle, actions of Hamlet, and the music do well at producing emotion in the viewer. But only one is superior to all. The Branagh version is the most…