The ancient Egyptians believed that the false door was a threshold between the world of the living and the dead, and through which a deity or the spirit of the deceased could enter and exit. The exhibit of “the false door of redines” is also one of the many that was found in the tomb of the Egypt. “ The false door located on the west of the wall tomb chapel was the interface between the world of the living and the world of dead. The false door actually shows the scribe and priest Redines passing through the niche in a very rare example of Egyptian full frontal, two-dimensional representation. In part of his incretion, Redines says, “ I made this (monument) by the means of my own income.
The three orders of columns used so deliberately on different temples and structures depending on who the temple was being built for. The columns had grooves in it because it gave the columns more visual volume than that of a plain one. The Ionic pillars at the Erechtheion were sculpted with women on them for decoration. The Parthenon is the temple to the goddess Athena on the acropolis in Athens. The Parthenon is probably the most well-known of all Greek temples and took more than a hundred years to be constructed.
The people would usually worship the god at the outside gate or the court. There were two types of temples that were built in ancient Egypt, the Cultus Temples which were built to worship a specific god and there was the Mortuary temples which was built to honour a deceased pharaoh. The Egyptians thought they had three types on souls, 'ka', 'ba' and 'akh'. 'ka' being your spiritual double, the ba is
The river valleys of the Nile in Egypt and the Euphrates in Mesopotamia both had similarities and differences. Both of these river valley civilizations started around 3500 B.C. An absolute monarch called the Pharaoh ruled the Nile River Valley. The Egyptians believed their king was a god and worshiped him like one. The Mesopotamian’s also had an overall king but they didn’t believe he was a god.
According to Mesopotamian ideas about kingship, people thought the king to have a god living inside of him. Ancient Mesopotamian kings were known as the mediators between the world of the gods and the human beings. Their authority was thought to be god-like. The culture and life of Mesopotamia revolves around the Temple, known as the ziggurat. There were no political inventions until the ruling of Hammurabi of Babylon.
Egyptians were devoted to their gods and to their pharaohs who were gods on earth. This obsession with higher power is shown very abundantly through Egyptian art. As an artist myself I feel very connected to this form of expression. If I had been born in Ancient Egypt around the year 2000 B.C., I feel like I would most certainly have been an artist of their culture as well because it is part of who I am and who I was born to be. Egyptian art and architecture developed independently and revolved around the concept of immortality.
Religion in Ancient Egypt Heather Christy January 11, 2009 University of Phoenix-Axia College Religion in Ancient Egypt Heather Christy University of Phoenix-Axia College The Egyptian world was filled with glory and splendor. They built grand pyramids, lavish temples, and beautiful monuments. Their world seemed perfect, almost magical, yet full of intrigue and mystery. The Egyptians practiced polytheism, the practice of worshiping more than one God at a time. Inside this practice of polytheism, the Egyptians created some interesting views on life and death.
Before this time, Egyptians worshipped many different gods but the primary god was Amun-Ra. During his reign, Akhenaten altered traditional Egyptian religion in one of his most controversial decisions as Pharaoh. Akhenaten changed the focus of Egyptian religion to one sole god, Aten. This is why Akhentan changed his name from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten, as he took on the name of the god. As Angela P Thomas noted in her book Akhenaten’s Egypt, “Aten was given a titulary like the king and the god’s name was written in double cartouches.
There are various interpretations of how the Great Pyramid was constructed, the three main explanations are: Von Daniken’s Chariots of the Gods, Davidovits/Morris’s An Enigma Solved as well as the more traditional theory, that the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid themselves by Sears/Wilson. In my opinion the theory written by Sears and Wilson most convincingly explains the construction of the pyramids. This theory provides a clear explanation to the questions, which the other alternatives posed. In addition to providing logical and effective evidence to support their claims of why the Egyptians were committed to building the pyramids, where the materials to build the pyramid were sourced and how the materials were transported to the construction site. The Sears and Wilson theory discusses and acknowledges that the construction of the Great Pyramid took an immense amount of dedication.
King Hammurabi was the first king of the Babylonian civilization of Mesopotamia. He reigned for forty-three years during the time of 1792-1750 BC. He was active in building, restoring temples, city walls, and public buildings along with building canals for irrigation and fighting wars. Throughout his reign his main concern was to assure Babylonia’s control over the Euphrates. Although he controlled all of Mesopotamia during the time he was known greatly for his code of law.