They relied on the nature around them to help understand their place in the universe and their mythology centred itself on the things closest to the Egyptians, the sun, the earth, the sky and the Nile. ... The torso and the eyes were both viewed from the front, where as the arms, legs and faces were best viewed from a side angle. ... There is in no text I have read, that suggests that the use of cosmetics and elaborate wigs meant that you were looked down favourably by the gods, but more that the Egyptians viewed these items as virtual necessities. Even from the earliest times Egyptians variou...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They relied on the nature around them to help understand their place in the universe and their mythology centred itself on the things closest to the Egyptians, the sun, the earth, the sky and the Nile. ... The torso and the eyes were both viewed from the front, where as the arms, legs and faces were best viewed from a side angle. ... There is in no text I have read, that suggests that the use of cosmetics and elaborate wigs meant that you were looked down favourably by the gods, but more that the Egyptians viewed these items as virtual necessities. Even from the earliest times Egyptians variou...

• Word Count: 1803
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Aten was defined as a universal, omnipresent spirit that not only had created the universe, but also ruled it. ... These new religious views also appeared to help influence a major break in the traditional art of the time. ... This is evident to modern-day historians through documents known as the Armana Letters; documents written on clay tablets in the cuneiform script of Mesopotamia (1). ... Indeed, he has been hailed by modern historians as the father of monotheism; a man whose beliefs would come to draw parallels with, and even influence entire religious movements during later times. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate