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The Early Christians and the Ancient Greeks Comparing Their Gods

Looking at Saint Augustine's 'Confessions' and Homer's 'The Iliad', the author finds characters and situations that represent the ...

Culture of Ancient Egypt and the Mummification Process

In eighteen pages this paper examines the belief systems and culture of ancient Egypt in this consideration of the process of mumm...

Christian Theology and Greek Culture

In ten pages this research paper investigates how Christian theology and thought were influenced by the culture of ancient Greece....

Afterlife and Culture of Egypt

In fifteen pages ancient Egypt is considered in a discussion of its afterlife cultural beliefs. Ten sources are cited in the bibl...

Ancient Construction Form for Housing

Ancient people used a form of construction called cob construction. This paper examines the art and how it was useful to our ances...

New Designs from Ancient Forms

Originally, there were fifty-eight columns: seventeen on the sides, eight at each end, and six in the inner row of each porch. Th...

Venus de Milo's Sublime Sculpture

high point of sensuality and complexity of emotion; the expressions showed nuances of feeling. This period of sensuality saw the ...

Comparative Analysis of 'The Aeneid' and 'The Odyssey'

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how heroes are defined in these ancient epics. There are no other sources listed....

1922 Collection of the Treasures of Tutankhamun

early demise saw the tombs modification, and completion, to accommodate the pharaoh. The only part of the complex that contains wa...

Plato/Apology of Socrates

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

Cultural Practices Reflecting the Unity Between the Spritual and Material World Among the Indigenenous Cultures of Africa and the Americas

however, a rich oral tradition. Many who study this oral tradition, unfortunately, tend to lump all of these cultures stories und...

Rise of Civilization Questions

"unique Temple City" was the religious center of the "first great prehistoric civilization" (Eichman). Taramsa Hill : This site ...

Epic of Gilgamesh and Philosophy

In six pages this report discusses how the beliefs and philosophies of the ancient culture of Mesopotamia are reflected in The Epi...

Greek Athletics and the Diadumenos of Polykleitos

In 6 pages this paper examines how important athletics were in ancient Greece in a sculptural consideration of the Polykleitos can...

Development of Religion in Ancient Egypt

Most scholars believe that animal worship is the oldest form of Egyptian religion (Egyptian religion, 2005). "Early predynastic tr...

Dylan Lyrics & Greek Philosophy

the Republic. Take pornography as an example. Plato argued that objectionable ideas can upset the understanding (Johnston). Femini...

The History and Impacts of Coal

impacts of coal, however, have been positive. Indeed, the thesis can be presented that coal has impacted human culture in a diver...

Cherokee Art

pottery is, in fact, one of the most simplistic Cherokee art forms but yet it is one of the most utilitarian. Cherokee craftsmans...

Ancient History to the 21st Century

time period, from around 3100-2686 BC the Egyptians had their "Early Egyptian dynastic period, with a succession of kings that str...

Comparative Analysis of Prometheus Bound and Medea

the gods may not necessarily determine all aspects of humanity, that which has been labeled as free will may not be free after all...

Heroism in the Epic of Gilgamesh

boasts of his strength and courage, believing those alone are the lone criteria by which a hero is judged. The gods intervene to ...

The History of Government in Italy

of the House of Savoy became King of Italy in 1861 and Rome was incorporated in 1870 (U.S. Department of State, 2006)....

Republic to Empire, Rome's Transition

This research paper analyzes the reasons behind the structural political shift in ancient Rome from republic to empire. The writer...

Justice and Roman Law

In seven pages this paper examines law and justice from an ancient Roman perspectives. Six sources are listed in the bibliography...

Feminism and the Role of Clytemnestra

Agamemnon's actions led to his demise at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra. While Aeschylus shows her as a strong woman who exac...

Themes in The Analects by Confucius

In six pages the Confucian Analects are examined in terms of the themes ths ancient Chinese philosophical work presents. There ar...

Oedipus the King and Fate

In five pages fate's role in this ancient Greek tragedy is examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Unification Development and Expansion of Europe

In five pages this paper's first part considers the development of Europe since Ancient Roman times, its unification development, ...

Egypt's Sacred Forces of Nature and Afterlife

In five pages this paper considers how life, death, and afterlife were perceived by the peoples of ancient Egypt. Three sources a...

Egyptian Afterlife Beliefs and Natural Forces

of the mortal life. Consequently there were elaborate worship rituals concerning death and the afterlife. Many of these rituals ...