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ANCIENT EGYPT

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TUTANKHAMUN' MASK

This primary source is a funerary mask for King Tutankhamun. This was found by Howard Carter in year 1925 in tomb KV62. The mask weighs 10 kilograms, measures 54 centimeters in height and 38.1 centimeters in width. This mask was created from gold which was decorated with semi-precious stones, colored glass paste and the eyes were created with obsidian and quartz. The mask was places on the mummy of King Tut inside of the third coffin in the sarcophagus. The mask for King Tut was used to disguise the face of the mummy of the pharaoh and to reassure the spirit would be able to familiarise the body. This mask demonstrates an aspect of Ancient Egypt life because in the burial chambers of pharaohs they placed this over the mummy of the pharaoh when they mummified the body and placed it in its coffin along with other little meaningful objects.

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD

This book is a secondary source. ‘The Book of The Dead’ is the recent name of an ancient Egyptian funerary text, used from the beginning of the New Kingdom (around 1550 BCE) to around 50 BCE. Other spells were composed later in Egyptian history, dating to the Third Intermediate Period (11th to 7th centuries BC). A number of the spells which made up the Book continued to be carved on tomb walls and funerary box, as had always been the spells from which they originated. The Book of the Dead was placed in the coffin or burial chamber of the deceased. The Book of the Dead advanced from a tradition of funerary manuscripts dating back to the Egyptian Old Kingdom. The first funerary texts were the Pyramid Texts, first used in the Pyramid of King Unas of the 5th dynasty, approximately 2400 BC. . The Pyramid Texts were written in an unusual hieroglyphic technique.

NARMER'S PALETTE

The Narmer Palette is an engraving, in the shape of a chevron shield, a little over sixty four centimetre tall, painting Narmer conquering his enemies and uniting Upper and Lower Egypt. It shows a few of the earliest hieroglyphics found to date. The palette is carved of a single piece of siltstone, commonly used for ceremonial tablets in the First Dynastic Period of Egypt, and tells the story of Narmer's conquest c. 3150 BCE. On one side, Narmer is painted wearing the war crown of Upper Egypt and the red wicker crown of Lower Egypt which signifies that Lower Egypt fell to him in defeat. Right beneath this scene is the biggest engraving on the palette of two men weaving the twisted necks of unknown beasts. This palette is known as a primary source of King Narmer (who was the first pharaoh of Egypt). This palette is kept in his tomb.

ROSETTA STONE

This primary source of Ancient Egypt, The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C.. It was found in a small village in the Delta called Rosetta in the year 1799, by French soldiers. It got its name because of the town Rosetta, in which it was found. This stone was written in two different languages Greek and Coptic, it also uses three scripts Hierogyphic, Demotic and Greek. Hieroglyphic was used for importany and religious documents. Demotic was just a common script of Egypt, and Greek was the language of rulers of Egypt in that time period. A numerous amount of people attempted to translate the hieroglyphs over several hundred years, due to the fact that the structure was very difficult to work out. After many years of studying the Rosetta Stone and plenty of other sample of Egyptian writings, in 1822, Jean - François Champollian was able to translate the hieroglyphs.

HUNTING IN THE MARSHES

This is a primary source of King Nebamun’s Tomb. It is a wall painting that is called Hunting In The Marshes. In this painting Nebamun is hunting birds, in a little boat in the Nile, along with his wife Hatshepsut and young daughter. Originally, there was another half to this wall painting, but this part was lost, except for the two old photos of the small pieces of Nebamun and his young son. Including this scene in King Nebamun’s tomb, he was hoping there would be a lot of birds and fish to hunt for in the afterlife. The people who wanted to be shown in this wall painting would wear their best clothing and jewellry because they believed that it would help them to possess those things in the afterlife. In this wall painting, Nebamun’s daughter wears her hair in a ‘sidelock’ as a sign of her age as youth.

The Fighting Temeraire

The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]

Liberty Leading the People

Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. [more]

Ophelia

Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]

The Music Lesson

The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]

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