Essays on Amenhotep

In Prefatory Notes Freud speculates about the political systems of USSR, Italy, and German and concludes that abandoning of the religion, as it is in the Soviet Union, can lead to more freedom, including sexual one but this can be harmful to people because it leads to barbarism. On the other hand, Catholic Church in Italy does its best to protect culture along with other moral issues though it is the enemy of freedom of thought. Then the author speculates about contradictions between the Church and psychoanalysis that cannot exist together in peace. (Freud 89-92) Section I. 1 Historical ...

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Work IdentificationTwo Princesses Reign: reign of Akhenaten Medium: Limestone, paint Geography: From Egypt (Two Princesses 2016).Introduction Pharaoh Akhenaten (1349-1332 BCE) ruled under the name Amenhotep IV and his entire reign is referred to as “the Amarna Period” as stated by Williamson (1). Amarna Tablets are significantly preserved documents that display the diplomatic relations between New Kingdom Egypt and the ancient Near East. The work selected for analysis in the essay, the relief of Two Princesses belongs to the Amarna Period. Thesis The aim of the essay is to depict the relief of “Two Princesses, New Kingdom. Amarna Period “, ...

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Abstract Luxor Temple in Egypt rose into prominence as the abode of various royal Egyptian dynasties. The kings honored the so-called god Amon. It became the main city of the kingdom. The Temple was managed by high military priests. This research report summarizes the key events and historical background of Luxor Temple. It also sheds light on the building, the civilization and the culture prevalent in that period as well as the built environment. Moreover, it gives a comparison with the modern city of Luxor.

Luxor Temple in Egypt: An Introduction

The Luxor Temple was ...

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King Tutankhamun also known as King Tut or Tutankhamen was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled between the period of 1336 and 1327 BC. He is believed to the 12th ruler of the 18th Dynasty of Egyptian history (Carter and Romer 2008). His precious mummy discovered in 1922, in the Valley of Kings by Howard Carter and George Herbert first brought king Tutankhamun to light.. It is the discovery of Tutankhamun’s mummy that first made Tutankhamun and his lineage a subject of public interest worldwide. A lot of facts have been uncovered about him ever since, and all these facts ...

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On the territory of a country, which is now called the Arab Republic of Egypt, in ancient times one of the most powerful and mysterious civilizations, which for centuries and millennia like a magnet attracted the attention of contemporaries, emerged. At a time, when the era of primitive Stone Age hunters dominated in Europe and America, the ancient Egyptian engineers were constructing irrigation facilities along the River Nile, the ancient Egyptian mathematics were calculating square base and the angle of slope of the Great Pyramids, the ancient Egyptian architects were building grand temples, which greatness cannot be diminished by the time. ...

King Tutankhamun also known as King Tut was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled between the period of 1334 and 1325 BC. He is believed to the 12th ruler of the 18th Dynasty of Egyptian history. His precious mummy discovered in 1922 in the Valley of Kings by Howard Carter and George Herbert first brought king Tutankhamun to light. His tomb filling with treasures gathered curiosity from all over the world. Before Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun’s mummy, nothing was known about him. It is the discovery of Tutankhamun’s mummy that first made Tutankhamun and his lineage a subject ...

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Agricultural revolution is defined as the gradual transformation of the agricultural systems. However, the term could be inappropriate because some of the transformations were not gradual but sudden (Noam, 2000).

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Akhenaten was one of the most famous rulers of Egypt despite the fact that later rulers did not consider him as a king. He ruled under the name of Amenhotep IV after inheriting the throne from his father who was Amenhotep III. The young king was famous for going against convention. He build the temple that he dedicated to Aten at his first year as the king. In his third ...

The artifact dates back to 1353-1335 BCE and depicts Amenhotep IV, Nefertiti and three of their daughters. The art epitomizes Akhenaten, the pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. Amenhotep IV (1379 BC) changed his name to Akhenaten about the fifth year of his reign (Roberts, 187). Most of the early Egyptian art exhibited the pharaoh rather as a detached and an unapproachable figure. This aloofness has been replaced by an unusual togetherness of the royal family members. Amenhotep IV’s reforms, which promoted the sun disk Aten over all other gods of Egypt (Mieroop, 199). The art further portrays ...