I will do this by examining how Africa spawned the first modern humans and how Africa saw the birth of civilisation, trade, tool making and the basis of how we have come to be in the present day. ... At this point around 10,000 B, C. the spread of these peoples are seen through out Northern Africa, the Sahara and Modern countries such as Ghana, Sudan, Syria, Ethiopia and at the heart of this cultural revolution the area's around the Nile and Egypt. ... Due to the annual flooding of the Nile which deposited sediment enriched with minerals made the ground along this stretch extremely fer...

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In addition to the careful adornment of their face, the women of Egypt would use henna to color their nearly perfect hair designs. ... The use of modern cosmetics is much more diverse than that of previous eras. ... This type of makeup was perfect for Hollywood because of its ideal coverage (A ...

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Amazingly, the outside surface stones are cut within 0.01 (1/100th) inch of perfectly straight and at nearly perfect right angles for all six sides. ... Modern technology cannot place such 20-ton stones with greater accuracy than those in the Pyramid. ... Modern science has shown us that the exact length of the solar year is 365.24 days. ... But it gets a whole lot better: The average height of land above sea level (Miami being low and the Himalayas being high), as can be measured only by modern-day satellites and computers, happens to be 5,449 inches. ...

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The art of the time supported the vanity of the Egyptians and their need to be presented perfect in both the real world and the afterlife. ... Even from the earliest times Egyptians various cosmetics items could be found amongst their funerary equipment .The purpose of eye paint (which is a heavily associated with Egyptian culture) was partly the same as in modern times, (to enhance and enlarge the eyes), it also acted as a natural disinfectant and as a means of protecting the eyes, although it probably had some religious and symbolic resonances, as most actions were taken with a view to the n...

• Word Count: 1800
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The art of the time supported the vanity of the Egyptians and their need to be presented perfect in both the real world and the afterlife. ... Even from the earliest times Egyptians various cosmetics items could be found amongst their funerary equipment .The purpose of eye paint (which is a heavily associated with Egyptian culture) was partly the same as in modern times, (to enhance and enlarge the eyes), it also acted as a natural disinfectant and as a means of protecting the eyes, although it probably had some religious and symbolic resonances, as most actions were taken with a view to the n...

• Word Count: 1803
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The history of Egypt has been divided by modern scholars into Predynastic Period (5450-3100 B.C.) ... In the Early Classical Period (490-450 B.C.), a new humanism began to find its aesthetic expression in terms of a perfect balance between probability and abstraction of form. ...

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