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- History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ... [[Willendorf]], [[Austria]], is a well-known example.
16: One of the earliest examples of Egyptian sculpture is the [[Narmer Palette|P...
20: Another example of Egyptian sculpture are the statues of the Pha...
27: ...ated lyre player from 2000 BC. Statues of a lute player and a harpist were found together in a single...
29: ...re developed mainly on [[Crete]], especially at [[Knossos]] and [[Phaistos]]. The civilization was named a... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
6: ...nic]] and [[Norse mythology]]. Tyr was however supplanted by [[Odin]] as the supreme god among the [[G...
13: Zeus played a huge role in the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] O...
15: The various titles applied to Zeus emphasized different aspects of his wi...
17: ... all the Hellenes') to whom [[Aeacus]]' famous temple on [[Aegina]] was dedicated.
25: ...tance, could be found at any number of [[Greek temple]]s from [[Asia Minor]] to [[Sicily]]. Certain mo... - Amphitheatre (4978 bytes)
1: ...which was used for spectator sports, games and displays.
47: * [[Knossos]]
92: ... the audience, creating an area which echoes or amplifies sound, making the amphitheatre ideal for mus...
94: ...untain or a particular rock formation naturally amplifies or echoes sound, making it ideal for musical...
109: ...m/home.html Rome: Colosseum at LacusCurtius] with Platner article - Hyksos (23575 bytes)
2: ...e an ethnically mixed group of Western Asiatic people who appeared in the eastern [[Nile Delta]] durin...
15: ...names of the six rulers in the same order. To complicate matters further, the spellings are so distor...
29: ...o a violent armed invasion by Asiatic hordes. Simply put, they had superior military hardware, so whe...
31: ...reat Hurrian empire, as Helck thought, for the simple reason that there was never any Hurrian empire. ...
33: ...udan. All these items have been satisfactorily explained as items of trade, not as indicators of dire... - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
15: ...pture and toreutic handiwork of [[Crete]] have supplied the clearest proof of it, confirming the impre...
21: ...ng linked one with the other in a labyrinthine complexity, and the greater oblongs are entered from a ...
23: ...with [[Egyptian]], [[Babylonian]] and [[Hittite]] plans, both these arrangements remain out of keeping...
25: ...the dome or "bee-hive," of which the grandest examples known are at Mycenae. The Cretan 'larnax' coffi...
33: ...places nearly 20 ft thick, which contains stone implements and shards of handmade and hand-polished ve... - Board game (8014 bytes)
4: ...rs or pieces that are moved across the board. Simple board games are often seen as ideal "family ente...
6: ...ar for they can intermingle make-believe and role playing along with the game. Popular games of this ...
8: ... of which is ''[[Trivial Pursuit]]'', can also be placed in this category.
11: Board games have a long history and have been played in most cultures and societies; some even pre...
17: * The roof of the temple at [[Kurna]], [[Egypt]], dating from around [[14... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
2: ...ighting) with the [[death]] of the bull by a well-placed [[sword]] thrust as the finale.
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12: ...inus]]. A similar activity, [[Jallikattu]], takes place annually in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Ind...
17: ...s is memorialized in the famous wall-frescos at [[Knossos]]. The frescos offer no hint of struggle or viole...
19: ...re probably [[religion|religious]], as many bulls played an important part in the belief systems of ma...
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