STONEHENGE AS A RELIGIOUS SITE CELEBRATING LIFE AND DEATH There is a theory that Stonehenge was a religious site where the dead were celebrated, this theory is supported by certain recent discoveries made of Southern Circle. Southern Circle is a site that resembles Stonehenge except for the fact that it was constructed with timber instead of stones. These two contrasting sites are believed to represent the living and the dead. Stonehenge is believed to have been constructed in reverence to the dead, and Southern Circle is believed to have been constructed as a place for the living to gather. SUN AND ANCESTRAL WORSHIP Another theory suggests that Stonehenge and Southern Circle were places of worship.
The great pyramid of Khufu is by far the most famous pyramid in egypt, the biggest, tallest, and most intact. It is one of the "Seven wonders of the world." It is the last one standing. It is built of entirely limestone and consinlered an architectural masterpiece. It contains around 1,300,000 blocks ranging in weight from 2.5 tons to 15 tons and is built on a square base with sides measuring about 230m (775 ft.) covering 13 acreas!
This paper is a close visual analysis of the Egyptian Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut, which was dated around c. 1473-1458 BC, the 18th Dynasty in Deir el-Bahri. This three-dimensional artwork was made entirely of red granite and has a height of 8’ 6’’ (2.59 m). Considering that this solid sculpture was built many years ago, it still remains in good condition. From the first look, the tactile seems very rough, rigid and is hard to make out the eyes because some significant damage. Many pieces on the left side of her headdress, eyes and left arm have already crumbled off.
Jesus Dominguez Ann Merville Anthropology 20 9 November 2013 Teotihuacan Teotihuacan, located in the highlands of central Mexico, is one of the world's most impressive archaeological sites. Between 100,000 and 200,000 people lived there at its peak around 600 A.D., making it one of the ancient world's largest cities with an urban core covering some twenty square kilometers. Settlement began about 200 B.C. and the basic layout of the city was complete by the mid-second century A.D. Most of the major construction was accomplished within the next hundred years.
Scribes, Warriors, and Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya William L. Fash Harvard University Jared Kopiczko History 134.122936.Online The Maya, one of the most important civilizations in the New World, flourished in the western part of Honduras for over two thousand years. They left an important legacy of art, mathematics and astronomy that still permeate our culture to this day. In modern day Honduras, we can still visit and study the ruins of their great cities and monuments and gaze in wonder at their massive technological achievements long before the aid of modern construction equipment. These ruins have long been the subject of intense study and many great books have been written about their life and times. The Maya
The Stonehenge emerged around 4,000 BCE it is known as “domain of the dead” or an abode of the ancestors. The Stonehenge also depicted as “a place of pilgrimage for the sick and injured of the Neolithic
The Location of Chaco Canyon consists of a shallow ten-mile canyon cited in the northwest corner of New Mexico. Seventy miles from the nearest town and accessible only by washboard dirt roads, it's remote by today's standards. The canyon itself has been carved from ancient sea beds by centuries of erosion. Millions of years of history reveal themselves in the layers of rock and the fossils embedded therein. The location stands at the approximate elevation of 6,200 feet.
7. The most recent major eruption of Mount Saint Helens was May 18, 1980. The eruption was so large, the whole north face of the volcano slid away. I can tell it was the north face, because the compass points north and that is where the face slid away. This eruption was an explosive eruption.
The Great Pyramid of Khufu is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built with 2.3 million stone blocks, and its top rose four hundred and eighty feet above the desert. Egyptians were the first to build using stone. They constructed ginormous pyramids and statues such as the Sphinx. Ancient Egyptian inventions include papyrus, sails, bowling, door locks, and a calendar with three hundred and sixty-five days in a year.
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