Essays about: "Ancient Egypt"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 22 essays containing the words Ancient Egypt.

  1. 16. Music terminology in Ancient Egypt, a lexicographic study of verbal expressions concerning the playing of musical instruments.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Egyptologi

    Author : Gabriel Molina Muga; [2019]
    Keywords : Ancient Egypt; Music; Terminology; Hieroglyphs.;

    Abstract : The focus of this paper concerns different verbal expressions found within the ancient Egyptian historical and archaeological record that describes the act of playing different instruments. This paper sheds light on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic terminology by presenting the corresponding translations and transliterations from the Pharaonic Period. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Jade Road

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kinesiska

    Author : Markus Palo; [2013]
    Keywords : jade road; ancient china; silk road; neolithic period; bronze age; nephrite; jadeite; 玉石之路; 古代中国; 丝绸之路; 新石器时代; 青铜时代; 软玉; 硬玉; History and Archaeology; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : 在英文文献中不存在‘玉石之路’这个说法,但在中文的考古和文化的文章就能找到。这个词语怎么还没被翻译到英语里呢? 在这篇文论里有新石器时代(公元前 12,000 - 2200)和青铜时代(公元前 2200 - 500) 玉石贸易的证据, 把丝绸在丝绸之路沿着运输很久以前, 从今日的新疆维吾尔自治区地区来的玉器跟别的地方所找到的玉器可以看到相似之处, 即新石器时代的文化和青铜时代的文化已经有文化交流。中国的考古学家、宝石学家及人类学家用‘玉石之路’描述新石器时代和青铜时代的从“中国”西部的商人走东部的路, 有的学家说这些路去及地中海。在英文文献中这个贸易只有很简短的提及‘丝绸之路’的史前史。当前运用这个词语的中国学者大部分建议’玉石之路‘就是‘丝绸之路’的前身, 他们也建议玉石为东西两方的交换铺平了道路。商人到底是否常常在这条路走仍无证据, 但是有证据指从新石器时代有玉石的贸易穿过全现代的中国, 还有证据指这个贸易到达西亚, 这些证据在中国考古文章有凭有据。.. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Fear of Little Men : On the Prehistorical and Historical Treatment of Individuals with Dwarfism

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Author : Josefin Åkerblom; [2013]
    Keywords : dwarfs; dwarfism; achondroplasia; literary comparison; ancient Egypt; Ancient Greece; Roman Empire; Middle Ages; Renaissance; stigma;

    Abstract : Den här uppsatsens syfte har varit att kartlägga skillnader i representation av individer med dvärgväxt, från antikens Egypten fram till renässansen. Forskning har gjorts på detta utanför Sverige, men de fyra svenska människorna med dvärgväxt har inte tillfogats och jämförts med det utländska materialet innan denna uppsats. READ MORE

  5. 19. Unwrapping the Past : A chemical analysis of context lacking artefacts from the Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt in correlation with the process of mummication.

    University essay from Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Nickolas Pappas Adlerburg; [2013]
    Keywords : Archaeology; Archaeological Science; Ancient Egypt; Roman Egypt; Ptolemaic Egypt; Mummification; Embalming; Archaeometry; GC MS; FTIR; Arkeologi; Laborativ Arkeologi; Forntida Egypten; Romersk Egypten; Ptolemaierna; Mumifiering; Balsamering; Arkeometri; GC MS; FTIR;

    Abstract : This paper deals with the chemical identification of artefacts correlated with the process of ancient Egyptian mummification dating to the Graeco-Roman period. The samples were harvested from two artefacts belonging to the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm. READ MORE

  6. 20. Origin of the Egyptian Domestic Cat

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Carolin Johansson; [2012]
    Keywords : Feline domestication; cat in ancient Egypt; mitochondrial genome; Felis silvestris libyca;

    Abstract : This study presents mitochondrial genome sequences from 22 Egyptian house cats with the aim of resolving the uncertain origin of the contemporary world-wide population of Domestic cats. Together with data from earlier studies it has been possible to confirm some of the previously suggested haplotype identifications and phylogeny of the Domestic cat lineage. READ MORE