J. Carter brown for over 3,300 years, the pharaoh tutankhamun has gazed serenely at eternity, confident in his ability to conquer death. Everlasting life was his by right of birth. He was pharaoh, king of egypt, the mightiest empire of the ancient world. He was a god. Nothing was beyond his means. When tutankhamun sat upon his throne, thousands of years of history and achievement had already preceded him. Surely a nation that could bring itself into being and create wonders like the Great Pyramids could overcome mans final enemydeath. And overcome death tutankhamun hasat least according to the ancient egyptian funerary beliefs, for the very act of speaking his name provides magic to infuse tutankhamun with everlasting life. Names were important to the egyptians. A name symbolized ones personality and even ones very existence. To remember the dead was to make them live again. And so tutankhamun must, for the whole world has known his name ever since that day in november of 1922, when ar
J. Carter brown for over 3,300 years, the pharaoh tutankhamun has gazed serenely at eternity, confident in his ability to conquer death. Everlasting life was his by right of birth. He was pharaoh, king of egypt, the mightiest empire of the ancient world. He was a god. Nothing was beyond his means. When tutankhamun sat upon his throne, thousands of years of history and achievement had already preceded him. Surely a nation that could bring itself into being and create wonders like the Great Pyramids could overcome mans final enemydeath. And overcome death tutankhamun hasat least according to the ancient egyptian funerary beliefs, for the very act of speaking his name provides magic to infuse tutankhamun with everlasting life. Names were important to the egyptians. A name symbolized ones personality and even ones very existence. To remember the dead was to make them live again. And so tutankhamun must, for the whole world has known his name ever since that day in november of 1922, when ar
j. carter brown: for over 3,300 years, the pharaoh tutankhamun has gazed serenely at eternity, confident in his ability to conquer death. everlasting life was his by right of birth. he was pharaoh, king of egypt, the mightiest empire of the ancient world. he was a god. nothing was beyond his means. when tutankhamun sat upon his throne, thousands of years of history and achievement had already preceded him. surely a nation that could bring itself into being and create wonders like the great pyramids could overcome man s final enemy death. and overcome death tutankhamun has at least according to the ancient egyptian funerary beliefs, for the very act of speaking his name provides magic to infuse tutankhamun with everlasting life. names were important to the egyptians. a name symbolized one s personality and even one s very existence. to remember the dead was to make them live again. and soutankhamun must, for the whole world has known his name ever since that day in november of
to the intellectually inclined augustus. to cruel caligula, deviser of public spectacles that included murder .to nero, who, it s said, kicked his wife to death fobuking him. the upper classes were well educated, connected by kinship, business and political ties. wearied by the crowds and hectic pace of roman life, they pined for greater leisure and the chance it gave to contemplate the finer things of life. each spring, as the senate recessed, roman power brokers the patrician families, senators, and untold numbers of entrepreneurs made rich by roman dominance -turned to the bay of naples. over generations, they built lavish villas along the shoreline of campania. the villa pausilypon -a greek name meaning the end of pain -had a private theater for the pleasure of its owner and his guests. the exteriors of the villas were lined with colonnaded walkways that offered the owners sweeping vistas. like hollywood producers, wealthy romans understood the relationship between sp
j. carter brown: for over 3,300 years, the pharaoh tutankhamun has gazed serenely at eternity, confident in his ability to conquer death. everlasting life was his by right of birth. he was pharaoh, king of egypt, the mightiest empire of the ancient world. he was a god. nothing was beyond his means. when tutankhamun sat upon his throne, thousands of years of history and achievement had already preceded him. surely a nation that could bring itself into being and create wonders like the great pyramids could overcome man s final enemy death. and overcome death tutankhamun has at least according to the ancient egyptian funerary beliefs, for the very act of speaking his name provides magic to infuse tutankhamun with everlasting life. names were important to the egyptians. a name symbolized one s personality and even one s very existence. to remember the dead was to make them live again. and soutankhamun must, for the whole world has known his name ever since that day in november of