Brief Essay: The Pyramids Of Giza

Technology Pyramids The first reason was that they were the most successful civilization is that the were able to build immense structures hundreds of feet tall without using any modern machinery. One of those structures was the pyramid. The largest of those pyramids is the pyramid of King Khufu.

Last, the Great Sphinx. The Great Sphinx is at Giza near Cairo in Egypt. It sits in a depression to the south of the pyramid of the Pharaoh Khafre at the west bank of the Nile River. The Sphinx is a stone sculpture of a creature with a human

The creature’s most famous looks in Ancient Greek legend came from her run-in with Oedipus(a mythical Greek king of Thebes), whom she challenged with her supposedly unsolvable riddle. Ancient Egyptian culture valued its Sphinx as a much more kindly, no less powerful, godlike figure. Egyptologists and archaeologists have thought that the sphinx was built about 4,500 years ago. It stands more than 65 feet high, 241 feet long and 20 feet wide, larger and taller than a six-story building. It faces directly east, toward the rising sun, for the god ra.

Sphinx of Hatshepsut First association with the Egyptian culture for me is related to Sphinx. That’s why first what caught my eyes was Sphinx of Hatshepsut. No, of course, it is not that massive Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt but his history is also interesting. This item is a sphynx of Pharaoh Hatshepsut with a human head and lion’s body.

It set sail on the 10th April 1912, and it sunk on the 14th April 1912 – four days after it set sail. It was famous because it was the largest man-made object in the world. The Titanic was carrying 2,223 people, 1,517 people died. The guests were split into three different classes; first, second and third class, and the higher classes had an advantage when it came to boarding lifeboats and being closer to the top of the deck where the lifeboats

As previously mentioned the name Tutankhamun was unknown to many, besides a select few including: Archaeologist Howard Carter and his patron Lord Canarvon. The search for the forgotten king’s tomb took over ten years to find, showing of how deep the tomb was in the Valley of Kings and how unmemorable the kings was that tomb robbers had not raided the tomb prior to its discovery (Source 2). Even though the tomb was first discovered in 1922, it was not until 1929 that excavation could commence. Source 5 shows of Howard Carter’s diary entries during the discovery of the tomb and all the events surrounding the discovery. The mass reaction of excitement by many seen in the diary shows of how this discovery was unfamiliar to many and a new experience finding not only an intact tomb but also in tact artefacts from the time, thus the start of mass publicity of the name King Tutankhamun began.

Tutankhamun was very different from other pharaohs and was well known around the world. His tomb was discovered carved into cliffs in the middle of modern Egypt. Many people call this area the Valley of Kings due to discoveries of many other tombs (Hawass). Finding King Tutankhamun and his tomb was only the beginning for the researchers who uncovered many mysterious findings. The discovery only made the researchers more curious about Tutankhamun and what happened to the young pharaoh, including his unknown way of death.

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened to the public on 1 July 1940, construction having been completed in just one year and seven months. It had a span of 1810 metres, the third longest in the world at the time, and promised to bring great economic growth to the Kitsap Peninsula in the US state of Washington. However, after its spectacular collapse on 7 November 1940, just four months after its completion, the Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge is now remembered as one of the most famous structural failures in history. The Tacoma Narrows forms part of the Puget Sound strait, which separates the Kitsap Peninsula from the Washington mainland.

For living in a time period where there was not a lot of technological advances that would help them build what they wanted at a faster pace, they had to learn to work with what they had. They also had to learn how to work with materials to be able to make the magnificent and amazing temples, that they are known for. “ The general temple-pyramid consisted of a platform, a long, broad, steep double staircase going up the center, with balustrades going up the sides of the steps. The Aztecs used sculpted stone blocks and skulls to decorate the platform and the ends of the balustrades” (General Construction of Pyramid-Temples). The Aztecs used and made platforms and tools that would help them make their temples better and better each time.

It took 15,000 workers to build her with 8 of those men losing their lives during her construction. It took $7,5000 (€1.5 million) to build her. It took 3,000 rivets to construct the hull, which was a mix of iron and steel. It measured in 882.9 ft in length, 92 ft in width, and weighed 26,000 tons. The steel was held together by iron rivets that were hammered by hand since they did not have the proper welding technology that we have today.

Hatshepsut was Egypt’s first female pharaoh. Right now we don’t even have a first women president (December 2015) but in Ancient Egypt civilization, there isn’t as much politics as now. Actually there wasn’t really any politics. 3100 years before Jesus was born, a pharaoh named Narmer was the first pharaoh of the first dynasty. He was proved to be a rich man and many people followed him.

The Moai of the small island puzzled millions of explorers even to this day. No one knows the true purpose of the Moai, how they were made or how were the moved, but one things for sure is that these Moai are one of the most fascinating structure ever seen in ancient history. The Moai were gigantic statues carved from volcanic ash and were from the height of 3 ½ ft. to 72 ft., but here’s the catch…they were made between 1400 A.D. and 1600 A.D! Explorers from all around the word come to see these statues and hopefully one day find the answer to how they were moved and what was the purpose. One archaeologist, Joanne Van Tilburg studies the Moai and even has a television series for them called, Nova.

The people of ancient Pompeii had no idea they would become part of history for having a world famous volcanic eruption. Even though the rich lived differently than the poor, in the city of Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius did not discriminate against any of its citizens. When Mount Vesuvius erupted, no one in its path survived. In the twenty feet of ash and debris, the artifacts were perfectly preserved until they were discovered in the mid 1700s.

THE GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of many sphinxes built around Giza along with many pyramids and temples. Egyptians built sphinx statues to protect tombs and temples. The Great Sphinx of Giza is carved out of Limestone. The Great Sphinx was built in approximately 2500 BC for the Pharaoh Khafra (the builder of the Second Pyramid at Giza).

Corn was a mainstay in the early American civilizations. They created a hardy and diverse food. It fed millions and people and was able to be used in a multitude of ways. 2. There was a change of treatment of woman when the religious belief system changed.