Midterm 2

Question 1

Lady Dai

Xin Zhui

Answer 1

163 BCE Han dynasty
Name Xin Zhui
Hunan province- mawangdui changsha China
Nobility- death heart attack
Tomb found 1971

Body- well preserved- soft, moist skin, muscles movable joints,organs/vessels intact -2003 scientist- secret compound found for preservation

Body found- in 4 pine rect. Constructs
Buried beneath coal and white clay
Body bound in 20 layers of cloth/silk ribbon
-1000 are artifacts (food/drink vessels, silk clothing, figurines

Question 2

Akhenaten

Answer 2

1353 to 1336 B.C.E.
Located in AMarna
Valley of the kings
Nefertiti was his queen
DNA analysis in 2010 confirmed he is the father of king Tut
Kv55 confirm to be his tomb
Pharoh of the 18th dynasty and ruled for 17 years
Abandoned Polytheism to monotheistic religion if sun god Aten
Didn’t really fly after death they try to race his memory
KV 55 mommy found 1907 Edward Ayrton - poorly preserved mummy with a mostly robbed burial chamber - artefacts found but mostly remnants of artefacts

Question 3

Amarna

Answer 3

Site in upper Egypt
18th dynasty 1346 BCE - after Akenatens death
Was capital city during his reighn and abandoned after
Temple of Akenaten - remains found there kv55

Question 4

Canopic jars

Answer 4

Ancient Egyptian
Used in mummification process- contained organs of dead for afterlife
Jars of pottery or limestone
Had heads of gods and each jar contained specific organ

Question 5

KV5

Answer 5

East Valley of kings 
Belonged to sons of ramsesses II 
Found 1825- james burton
Extensive excavation- kent weeks 1995
Largest tomb in Valley
Tombs robbed and floods destroyed 
130 rooms found- children of pharaoh 
Close to the Pharaoh s tomb

Question 6

Solar boats

Answer 6

Solar boats used to carry souls into eternity
Models found in tombs
Pharoah khufu- solar boat
1950s two large boats found buried under the pyramid
of Giza

Question 7

Batavia

Answer 7

Ship carrying gold silver from netherlands 1629 june 4 fir dutch east indies Batavia which is now java
-went off course crashed on morning reef island west of Australian coast
40 people drowned
180 survivors ferried off ship to beacon island
Captain left to find help
Undermerchant Jerinomus conrnelius and men massacred 100 people in 3 mnths
Many thrown in sea and 80 buried on island

Question 8

Heracleion

Answer 8

1200 bce
Abu qir Alexandria egypt
30 ft deep in bay
Main new kingdom trade post
Sank 3rd century bce - liqufication
Plato info about atlantis- from Egyptians underwater- temples, artwork hieroglyphic text info of important shrine well preserved artwork

Question 9

Qin shi Huangdi

Answer 9

First emperor of the Qin dynasty
Tomb found massive mound Xi’an Shaanxi China
East of mound 3 large pits containing Terracotta army

Question 10

Terracotta warriorr

Answer 10

Qin shi Huangdi
Tomb found massive mound Xi’an Shaanxi China
East of mound 3 large pits containing Terracotta army
Life sized clay figures - 7000
Guards for dead emperor

Question 11

Okunev burials

Answer 11

Second millennium BC E
Both Siberia near baikal
Burial mounds (kurgan) with standing stones engraved
Burial small boxes on back with legs bent up
Mini burials without skulls and other containers with multiple skulls
Standing stones could be astrological ritual

Question 12

Longshan culture/huanghe river

Answer 12

Longshan culture in the river basin
Defined by Wheel made pottery found over large area
First emperor may have been Huange Di
Pit houses around the central long house and larger villages than yangshou period
Houses could have been from showing of wealth or communist beginnings like communal living

LongShang burials
Around the long houses
Call similar status and could be communal
Only males found buried close to the central longhouse