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This paper describes an exhibit currently be shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibit features ancient...

This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...

This essay pertains to the characters of Gilgamesh and Achilles and how they each warrior-heroes representing their culture. The w...

The major challenge in constructing histories of Israel and Judah is the fact that they were individuals but they also had cities ...

were and what they sought in a ruler. That the king was to represent the highest values and virtues of society is evident from sch...

deal about the civilization that created it. This paper discusses three antiquities found at the Art Institute in Chicago, and wha...

The controversy over the federal funding of stem cell research is outlined in an article titled "Stem-Cell...

There are numerous so-called turning points in history. The way that turning points should be defined,...

the heat. Since its the culture most often thought of in this connection, well explore the ancient Egyptian method of mummificatio...

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

These are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom time periods. THE OLD KINGDOM STRETCHED BETWEEN 2686 AND 2125 B...

and Socrates meander along the countryside, they talk about the various facets love harbors like heavenly passion all-important fr...

According to Plato, in his dialogue Charmides, the qualities associated with sophrosyne, give rise to the admirable characteristic...

(Traditional Chinese medicine, 2000). But it declined from the end of the Ming Dynasty until 1949, when the Chinese government "b...

Crete ("Barbarians," 1999). The region was very peaceful. In fact, there has been only scant evidence of a military force ("Barbar...

woman, then she was free to take back her dowry and return to her fathers house (Brians, 1998). While this sounds quite humanistic...

to promote schools, schools where medical pursuits were blended with the ecclesiastical (Draper, 1992). These schools would ultima...

2003). Because these boxes were so magnificent and rare, they were often popular booty or war prizes claimed by Assyrian kings (C...

piece. Rhyton were generally very ornate and are thought by most experts to have been mostly for ritual ceremonies, or perhaps u...

sense of comfort and knowingness when one is met with something that they can understand. Yet, when faced with the unfamiliar work...

epic is a rendition of the ancient flood narrative that predates that of the biblical Noah. The Babylonian flood narrative pictu...

changed, shaped by events which have unfolded. Greek society was also shaped by the events which unfolded. In Ipthigenia at Auli...

from the Olmec cradle could have entered its grave. But the Mesoamerican ethos survived. It contracted, and then began to spread a...

of pattern and design. Just as modernity favors certain fabric, colors and patterns, the people of an earlier era wanted to beauti...

him names and just generally egging Pericles on. Pericles said nothing as this man followed him all around town until, upon reachi...

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts two Greek vases, one from the Archaic period and the other from the Late Geometric period...

and isolation of contagious patients would save lives and slow the transmission of illness. Sterilization and disinfection of mi...

of the "old Roman people," as well as the reign of Augustus, "till growing sycophancy scared them away."4 Already hes suggesting t...

line "yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely and resolute" points up the difference in the qualities that the king sho...

provides the details that are lacking in the classical accounts of the Celts. Cunliffe wrote "The Ancient Celts" with the f...