The small sculpture of Akhenaten and Nefertiti playing with their daughters illustrates stylistic, iconographic, and a new humanity in the Amarna style. ... Romans identified their own gods with counterparts in the Greek pantheon and adopted Greek iconography. Greek art was more idealistic, but Roman art was generally commemorative, narrative, and based on history rather than myth (Adams p.124.). ... Because there were important differences between the Greek and Roman approaches to histor...

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The larnax stands at the beginning of an impressive series of large scale funerary monuments in Greek and Roman collection. ... All of these pieces show how important the role of Egyptian civilization was the development of Greek and Roman art. ... The Egyptian's played a large part in the Greek's advance and all of my 5 items illustrate how closely the two civilizations are. ...

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The soundbox has four panels: Top: Sumerian wrestling two bulls that have human heads. 2nd level: wolf carries a table with animal parts, preparing for a ceremony; lion carries wine, a jug, and a cup. 3rd level: donkey plays a bull-harp; a bear dances; seated fox plays a rattle. 4th level: What is thought to be a jackal waves rattles; a scorpion man Animals take on human characteristics, figures are in profile but shoulders are frontal. ...

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In the beginning it was very obvious that religion played a very important part in the life of the people. ... The plays were written to be preformed in the Greek theaters. ... There plays are still done in theaters around the world and there style of architecture is still being used. ... The combining of the Graeco-Roman culture produced the west, as we know it today. ... To look at this the right way you have to remember Jesus was a Jew born under the reign of Roman Emperor Augustus. ...

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Thus the early historical sections of the Bible are concerned with the manifestation of God's will in the events of human existence, while they show the same genealogical interests as the king lists of other peoples. 3 Western Historiography Greek and Roman Historiography It was not until the time of the Greeks that historiography, the writing of organic history, emerged. ... The third of the great Greek historians, Xenophon, was more devoted to the purely storytelling aspects of history. 5 The influence of Thucydides was early in the ascendant, and the two important...

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She is leader of Egypt, which is part of the Roman Empire. ... In the play Rome and Egypt are clearly define. ... The opening scene of the play shows that she is a woman to be feared and represents the common people's views. ... Cleopatra refuses to accept Antony as what he says he is and draws on her play acting by claiming that Antony is play acting their love, "play one scene of excellent dissembling, and let it look like perfect honour." ... She is playing with the idea of them remembering each other in oblivion. ...

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Although the temple was built under the rule of the Roman emperor Augustine around 15 BCE, the temple is still referred to as ˜Egyptian' because it possesses many traits and elements of a typical Egyptian Temple. ... The roles of massing, materials and ornament all play a large role in the perception of the Temple of Dendur. ...

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Some of the people that mixed with the Egyptians include, Arabs, Ethiopians/Persians, Turks, Greeks, Romans, and other Europeans. ... Christians (Coptic Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Coptic Catholic, Roman Catholic, Armenian, Episcopal Church, and a variety of Protestant churches) believe in Christ. ...

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The body played a very important part in death and in afterlife. ... Death played a big part in the way Egyptians understood the body as the body served as a token of entrance into the afterlife. The process of mummification demonstrated by the Egyptians emphasizes just how important a role the body played in death, the preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient Egyptian funerary practice and was the timeliest, costly and most sophisticated of the rituals practised by the culture. ... Some of their ideas were most definitely adopted by the Romans and to a further extent have c...

• Word Count: 1800
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The body played a very important part in death and in afterlife. ... Death played a big part in the way Egyptians understood the body as the body served as a token of entrance into the afterlife. The process of mummification demonstrated by the Egyptians emphasizes just how important a role the body played in death, the preservation of the body was an essential part of ancient Egyptian funerary practice and was the timeliest, costly and most sophisticated of the rituals practised by the culture. ... Some of their ideas were most definitely adopted by the Romans and to a further extent have c...

• Word Count: 1803
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It played a role in many religions, including Christian, Buddhist, Jainism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and many others. ... His life influenced others, and caused many to join him and tried his way of life and later on many followed his ideas and teaching and many hermits also took themselves to various places throughout the Roman Empire. ...

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This is unlike the ways of the Greeks and Romans who used nudity as a sign of high status and prestige. The skin color of the Egyptians also played an important part in representing who and what they were. ...

• Word Count: 1545
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• Grade Level: High School