ACS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Khnum, Dangerous Power, Nephthys

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Arts and Contemporary Studies
• Course: ACS 200
• Professor: Jean L I

Document Summary

One of the oldest and earliest civilizations in history. The giza plateau, the temple of ramesses the great at abu simbel: many pyramids dedicated to people, all for religion. The architecture and art was very much similar: the artistic design is very much the same. They can chose to isolate themselves and control what goes in and out: essentially static, world was created perfect and the responsibility and goal of egyptians-maintain that perfection. The gods came to the world and created everything flawlessly: recurrent, cyclical change. It"s about how everything stays the same over time: dualism. The world was created with balance: multiplicity of approaches, religion cannot be separated from daily life. The red land is the place of the supernatural. As the world was created perfectly, there is chaos. The chaos should not be eradicated but balances with the good: essentially static, world was created perfect and the responsibility and goal of egyptians-maintain that perfection, recurret .