For my museum report I decided to do mine on a Kouros found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. A Kouros is a Greek statue of a young male. The height of the sculpture was 6"4" tall. While observing this piece I found that it was made out of tan colored marble, and naked. His arms are...
1. Statue of a kouros (youth) 590-580 B.C.; Archaic Greek, Attic Naxian marble H. without plinth 76 in. Fletcher Fund, 1932 (32.11.1) This kouros is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica. The rigid stance, with the left leg forward and arms at the side, was ...
As far as the human race goes, we find ourselves in a world of convenience. With years of technological evolution, the advent of junk food and sugar substitutes, it might be difficult to appreciate the value and history behind honey. Since the beginning of recorded history, humans have traded with i...
Abstract The Mycenaean empire was one of the strongest empires during the period between 1600 and 1100 BC but later came to collapse in 1200 BC.The reasons for the collapse are a combination of many arguments and none of the arguments could stand on its own to be defined as the only reason for the collapse of the empire. The reasons for the collapse were a combination of many factors that incorporated among them internal conflicts among the members of the Mycenaean society due to ethnic and social divisions and this is viewed as a reason that played a major role in the decline. Other reasons i...
VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...
