Wiki+Mods

=Module 3 – Introduction – September 6, 2011= ==== **Hello! My name is Nicole Yarbrough. I am in my third year here at UCF and am studying Anthropology as my major. I one day hope to work for National Geographic and be a freelance photographer and/or photojournalist. I began school pursuing an art degree because of what I want to do however Anthropology is much more interesting.** ==== ==== **Since I am still very intrigued my art, including its origins, I decided it would be a good idea to choose this theme. The corresponding location is Egypt. Egyptian art has always been looked at fairly complex, especially with the transformation from drawings to hieroglyphics, which is their form of writing.** ==== ==== **In addition I would like to look at the relationship art in Egypt has with religion, politics, daily life, the pyramids, pharaohs, and writing. How are they used together and how did they all help each other evolve/change?** ====

=Module 4 – Web Link – September 11, 2011= ==== **I found this site that pretty much has everything about Egypt. It has sections for daily life, mythology, etc and includes information about social/gender relations. Might be worth a look.** ====

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=Module 5 – Image – September 23, 2011=

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=Module 6 – History – October 2, 2011= ==== **After simply searching for 'Ancient Egyptian Art' I was lead to this wikipedia page: []** ====

**This wikipedia page lead me to another informational page: []**
=Module 7 – Brainstorm – October 9, 2011=
 * __Ancient Egyptian Art __**

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 *  Art was involved in nearly all aspects of ancient Egyptian culture. Through the remaining and preserved artifacts found in Egypt, researchers are able to identify beliefs, rules, and everyday activities of this ancient civilization. In addition, studying the evolution of art and art pieces through ancient Egyptian culture, we are able to identify developments in technology and also who were the people in charge. I also believe that the early Egyptian system of writing, hieroglyphics, is strongly influenced by art because it initially consisted of mainly pictures or pictograms. **======

=Module 8 – JSTOR – October 17, 2011= ==== **"The floodplains along the Nile constitute an important but as yet little utilized series of laboratories for the comparative study of the origins and interaction of ancient civilizations."** ====

 **First line of "Kerma: The Rise of an African Civilization,” by Bruce G. Trigger found using JSTOR.**
=Module 9 – Online Sources – October 20, 2011= ==== **The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology published an article written by Emily Teeter discussing interpretations of rope-making techniques used by ancient Egyptians. There are fresco murals found in nearly all non-royal tombs depicting scenes of ancient Egyptian citizens performing everyday activities, allowing researchers to know more specifics about Egyptian knowledge and technologies. Teeter explains that images referring to production of cord/rope are associated with scenes of swamps, referring to the source of the fibre, and boat-building which shows execution of the manufactured product. There are several hieroglyphic inscriptions associated with scenes of rope-making that translate to terminology associated with the craft. Were they boasting about their achievements or leaving behind information for future civilizations? Both?** ====

** Link to source: Dodson 2011 Article **
**MOD 11** BEFORE REVISION Built only to house the bodies of divine individuals such as pharaohs and kings and described by Dodson as “perhaps the greatest manifestation[s] of the Egyptians' beliefs in the afterlife” are the pyramids, specifically the Great Pyramid built for King Khufu around 2500BCE at Giza. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> The infamous straight-sided pyramids were implemented under the rule of Khufu’s father, Senefuru and supposed to be “representing the rays of the sun” (Dodson, 2011). This transformation from the style of the bent pyramid is thought to have been motivated by technology of a more stable structure as well as changes in religious concepts during the time Senefuru was in power.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">AFTER REVISION <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Built to house only the bodies of divine individuals to aid in their transition to the afterlife, such as pharaohs and kings and described by Dodson as “perhaps the greatest manifestation[s] of the Egyptians' beliefs in the afterlife” are the pyramids, specifically the Great Pyramid built for King Khufu around 2500BCE at Giza. Straight-sided pyramids such as this were implemented under the rule of Khufu’s father, Senefuru and supposed to be “representing the rays of the sun” (Dodson, 2011). This transformation from the style of the bent pyramid is thought to have been motivated by technology of a more stable structure as well as changes in religious concepts during the time Senefuru was in power. Even while constructing these massive funerary chambers, Egyptians would combine astronomical knowledge and locations of constellations to align the corners on the base of pyramids with the four cardinal directions – North, South, East, and West. In addition, although the pyramid was built to house a body during its afterlife, the actual size of the pyramid correlates with the length, and less often the influence, of a pharaoh’s reign (St. Petersburg Times, 1999).