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Quantitative Literacy and the Mathematical Knot Theory

In five pages this paper discusses how quantitative literacy can be illustrated by the knot theory of mathematics. Seven sources ...

Logarithms and Other Mathematical Contributions of John Napier

In nine pages this research paper discusses the life and works of John Napier including his creation of logarithms and the slide r...

Marital Relationship Between Egypt's King Mycerinus and Queen Kha-Merer-Nebty II

In five pages this essay examines a statue of the Egyptian royal couple in a consideration of what is meant by marital harmony as ...

Egyptian Goddess Isis

In eight pages this research paper discusses Isis in terms of her origins in Egyptian mythology and speculates on the social impac...

Law of Greece

What was established as the first recognized law came from the fact that revenge played a big role in societys unruliness. As it ...

Egyptian and Chinese Art Compared

in the reigning powers influence over art. In addition, art was commonly used to glorify those in control at the time, a reality n...

President Gamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt

In ten pages this paper examines the life and political importance of Egyptian President Nasser particularly in terms of his postw...

Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra

Rome itself is portrayed as moving from a society dominated by heroes, such as Julius Caesar and Pompey, to one which is more frag...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties of Western Asia and Nubia's Egyptian Imperial Presence

Egypt know as the New Kingdom (1540-1070 BC) the government of the newly formed 18th Dynasty after ridding itself of the Hyksos re...

Audition, Vision and Fourier's Mathematical Findings

one to distinguish various sound waves as amplitudes of the existing constituent sine waves, a collection of numbers that provides...

Greek and Egyptian Art

Greek mythology were yet another dominant artistic theme (Ancient Greek Art, 2004). This idealization of man and recognit...

Politics and the Arts

weighing over 2.5 tons, this structure covers over 13 acres and so carefully surveyed so accurately that it aligns perfectly with...

UK, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and the Interpretation of Population Pyramids

deaths which bring about the general pattern of decreased numbers of survivors in each group, especially maternal deaths (Graham ...

Midaq Alley and Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz

instilled in historical and religious traditions, there were no such things as social reform, and male dominance was "unquestioned...

Ancient Cultural Development and Anthropomorphic Gods

addresses the divine" (Smith PG). Greek mythology is replete with examples of how anthropomorphic gods influenced cultural behavi...

Egypt and the Lack of Viability Offered by JIT Manufacturing

and process development and technology transfer and global service operations (pp. 668). Such being the case, it makes sense to re...

Religious Sentiments in the Hebrew Bible's 'Psalm 104' and 'Hymn to the Sun' in Akhenaten Compared

majestic, awesome, bedazzling, exalted" (Mack, 1995, p. 45; Pandit, 1996, p. 179). Similarly, the opening lines of Psalm 104 also ...

1996 Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibit Nefertiti and the Royal Women

which Thutmose created Nefertitis limestone bust was by plastering and richly painting the stone core. Working to give the queen ...

A Business Mathematical Principles' Analysis

helping to predict how much product should be manufactured in order to meet anticipated demand. This paper will examine so...

Ancient Works of Art

far more meaning that representing daily life. According to one particular author, "The Cycladic civilization of the Aegean sea...

Sculpture from Greece and Egypt

body" (Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art). This particular statue is 9 and 5/8 inches high and is made from bronz...

Egyptian and Minoan Frescoes

are the differences?). But, with the "18th Dynasty of New Kingdom, king Amenophis IV broke many of the old tradition...He rejected...

Mummification

as a critical component in the embalming process from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty onward. Natural forces, animals, and other...

A Day in the Life of an Egyptian Boy

could be one of his attendants who had obviously stolen it, or there could be commotion outside the room that indicated someone ha...

Changes in the Egyptian Economy

declined" (Rivlin, 1997). Then in 1956 the Suez Canal company was nationalized, along with "other foreign assets--including banks ...

Strong Women in Ancient Greek Theatre

the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...

Egyptian Mythology

"power for the spiritual rebirth to take place" (Winston). The first known pyramid was built during the time of the third dynasty ...

Mathematical Errors in 7th Grade

The following is a breakdown of the problem example given and the way in which the problem can be used to demonstrate why the mult...

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

them can be found on the coffins of the dead and the walls of the tombs (Parsons, 1996). The Book is lengthy, since the texts are...

Artistic Traditions: Egypt and Greece

A 4 page paper which examines the reasons for differences in the artistic traditions of the Egyptians and the Greeks as suggested ...