APOXYOMENOS (seminar) Zadar‚2012. Apoxyomenos‚ an ancient bronze statue of an athlete scraping off oil and dust from his body after a competition‚ was found in 1996. by a Belgian tourist René Wouters‚ under the sea off the little island of Vele Orjulen close to Lošinj‚ a Croatian island. The statue was lying on
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out to find the common types of bank fraud that are frequently carried out in the banking system‚ the underlying causes‚ level of staff involvement‚ consequences and possible means of ameliorating the problem. A sample of 100 respondents taken in Benin City‚ capital of Edo State‚ Nigeria was studied by means of field survey tool of questionnaire and the response to rating scale questions were tested for significance using the "t-test". The analysis revealed that respondents did not view unofficial
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A close examination of the formal qualities of the brass altar head of the oba of Benin was quite exciting. The brass head was chosen for analysis due to its rich historic and cultural affluence civilization it depicts.Dating back to the 16th century‚it is amazing that a quality work of art as the altar head has been in existence since in the interior of west Africa ‚telling a story of civilization‚cultural heritage and finesse obtainable as at then‚ thus making me analyse it to discover other aspects
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When approaching gallery 166 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ I couldn’t help but notice the magnificent sculpture of the “Bronze statue of Camillus (acolyte).” As I began to study some background information on the early Imperial period of Roman culture‚ one would learn that there was an evident revival. The Romans were building at a fast pace and religious sacrifices were becoming more common. Throughout this Roman period‚ a Camillus (male) or Camilla (female) was the freeborn child of the religious
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a Sunday meal after church called Sunday Sunday Rice‚ this meal was chosen because Rice is the most common food in Nigeria and everyone love Rice. In my family we must eat Rice on a Sunday afternoon and it all started in my grandfather’s house in Benin City Nigeria and now we do it in my dad’s house. I will be teaching you how to prepare this delicious meal and why it is important to my family. This are the things needed for the meal‚ 600g/11b rice‚1 kg/21b meat or chicken‚2 chilies (liquidized)
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experienced a transformation. Sculptors broke away from the previous representations of the human body and learned to use contrapposto‚ or counterpoise‚ to portray the people in a more natural way‚ revealing an individual’s character through the work. The Bronze Statuette of a Veiled and Masked Dance is a Hellenistic sculpture currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was made between the third and second century B.C. in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ and displays the skill of an unknown sculptor
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The Promoter‚ Benin Medical Centre‚ Edo State‚ Nigeria. Dear Sir/Madam‚ IMPROVED MEDICAL CARE OUTCOMES AND MORE PROFIT FOR BENIN MEDICAL CENTRE VIA TELEHEALTH Adopting a Telemedicine service offers a range of benefits that ensures healthy individuals‚ families‚ communities and societies. TalktomeDoc improves healthcare outcomes in health systems through our bespoke telehealth initiative‚ that offers tremendous value such as: • Increase in patient satisfaction through access to convenient care •
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The long period of the Bronze Age in China‚ which began around 2000 B.C.‚ saw the growth and maturity of a civilization thought would last another two-thousand years. The era of the Shang and the Zhou dynasties is generally known as the Bronze Age of China. Bronze‚ used to fashion weapons‚ parts of chariots‚ and ritual vessels‚ played an important role in the material culture of the time. The earliest Chinese bronzes were created by a method known as piece-mold casting. The piece-mold method
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Egypt and China were two extremely well developed ancient civilizations. Although similar in many ways‚ they differed in the way they ran their monarchies‚ their use and development of bronze metallurgy‚ and their religious belief and worships. There are many possible reasons for these differences. Egypt and China had similar governments in which they were both monarchies‚ but the way they were run differed. Although Egypt and China had strong monarchy governments‚ Egypt developed one ruler‚ the
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one to two paragraphs describing this process. –Bronze Metallurgy In Egypt‚ the transfer from stone to bronze had a huge impact their culture. Bronze greatly strengthened Egypt’s military‚ which allowed them to defend themselves‚ and over through other neighboring cultures. The bronze allowed them to create new weapons and strengthen the ones they were already using. Another aspect of the growth of bronze metallurgy was the trade aspect. Bronze was the idea material for these weapons due to its
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