Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is one of the best movies I have ever seen.
Slumdog Millionaire is directed by Danny Boyle and is a well know movie all over the worlds. This movie was extremely intersting because it remind people what they done to past and therefore ended up winning eight Oscars including best picture in 2009 at the 81frist annual Academy Awards notes leopold, author of the article, “A rich night for best picture Slumdog Millionaire.” This momie is based on a television show which is called “ Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” The movie is based on a true story. This movie taught audience almost all things about slum life in India. Although I learned from slumdog Millionaire that a person does not necessarilly have to go to school to be smart that means sometimes personal experiences can be a swung source of knowledge.

Red Foxs

I like the color of this paintings because it match with the back groud of the foxs. What i am trying say is the mountaints. The actor is unknow. I really like this paint it looks real or photograph.

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The Pyramids

The pyramids are tombs that were built over 5,000 years ago for the kings of ancient Egypt.



Amcient Egyptians believed that after their kings died, they became gods in another world. A pyramid was to be the dead king's palace in the afterlife where he would rule as a god. As well as a burial chamber, the complex included rooms to hold things the king would need in the afterlife, such as furniture, jewelry, and cooking utensils. Servants or wives who died later were buried close by in much smaller tombs.



Archeologist believe that local famers and villages willingly worked on the pyramids during the flood season, when the land could not be worked. The workers thought it would ensure their own afterlife and make Egypt prosperous.



The structure of the pyramids evolved slowly. They went from platforms stocked on an underground tomb to larger step-style structures to the massive smoth-sided pyramids found at Giza.



Of the 80 known pyramids, the biggerst and finest is the Great pyramid of Khufu at Giza. The base of the Great pyramid covers over 13 acres. It was 481 feet high but, over the years, has lost 30 feet off its top. Two million blocks of stone, each weighing over 2 tones, were used to build it. Workers likely moved thes huge stones into position by using ropes to pull them up ramps. As many as 20,000 to 30,000 men may have worked on this pyramid, which took 20 years to finish.



Smaller pyramids of this type were built for another 1,000 years. When robbers started looting the precious goods stored inside them, kings were buried in hidden tombs. Tombs of later kings were discoverd in a valley near Luxor, which is now called the valley of the Kings.



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The Church of Lalibela

"The town of Lalibela was originally known as Roha. It was renamed after the 12th-century King Lalibela, who commissioned these extraordinary churches. Lalibela was a member of the Zagwe dynasty, which had seized the Ethiopian throne around 1000 AD.

When his rivals began to increase in power, Lalibela sought the support of the powerful Ethiopian Orthodox Church by building the churches in this small town.
King Lalibela's goal was to create a New Jerusalem for those who could not make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (and to create a sacred city to rival powerful Axum, with its Ark of the Covenant). According to some reports, he had been to the Holy Land himself and was inspired by what he saw. But the king made no attempt to copy the churches of the Holy Land; in fact, Lalibela's sacred architecture could not be more unique.

The churches of Lalibela were not constructed — they were excavated. Each church was created by first carving out a wide trench on all four sides of the rock, then painstakingly chiseling out the interior. The largest church is 40 feet high, and the labor required to complete such a task with only hammers and chisels is astounding.

Popular legend has it that angels came every night to pick up where the workmen had left off. One of the churches, Bet Maryam, contains a stone pillar on which King Lalibela wrote the secrets of the buildings' construction. It is covered with old cloths and only the priests may look on it.

King Lalibela's project for gaining the church's favor had two unexpected results: the creation of a holy place of unparalleled beauty and the king's conversion to a religious life. After laboring for 20 years, he abdicated his throne to become a hermit, living in a cave and eating only roots and vegetables. To this day, Ethiopian Christians regard King Lalibela as one of their greatest saints.
The churches have been in continuous use since they were built in the 12th century. The first Europeans to see these extraordinary holy sites were Portugese explorers in the 1520s"

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Ethiopian Obelisk

According to sacred destinations dating from around 300-500 AD, most the Axum stelae seem to predate the arrival of Christianity to Ethiopia. Their purpose is almost certainly religious, but the details are not known for certain.

The stelae were most likely funeral monuments for Axum's ancient rulers, who may have been buried in tombs beneath them. Some have altars at the base with grooves cut into them to carry away blood from sacrifices.

Christianity was adopted by the royal family in Axum in the 4th century AD, and by the population at large in the 5th century, which means these stelae date from a fascinating period of religious change. Monolithic monuments continued to be erected after the arrival of Christianity, and several with Christian inscriptions can be found.

The second largest of the stelae was looted by Mussolini's troops in 1937 during his occupation of Ethiopia, and stood for decades in the Piazza di Porta Capenamin in Rome, near the Arch of Constantine.

The 160-ton monument was finally returned from Italy to Axum in April 2005. It was shipped in an extra-large plane in three separate pieces, at the cost of €6 million (almost $8 million). The transportation company who carried out the task said it was the largest and heaviest structure ever transported.

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Ethiopian Sisters

This image really defined Ethiopian women. What i am



trying say is if you see on the paingting it explen every



thing bout ethiopian women, for example how they briad



their hair, how they weer cloth, and how look like their



necklless on the neck and so on. I think this painting it i

ncludes the elements of art because it has colors, shapes,

emotion, and so on.



The artist name is Ana Tzarev.



Oil on Linen


SIZE:
h: 100 x w: 81 cm / h: 39.4 x w: 31.9 in



Work Date on 2003

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Ethiopian Madona

"This painting is based on a photograph by Paul

Jeffrey representing Action by Churches

Together and was painted with his permission. It

depicts a young Ethiopian refugee comforting her

hungry child".

As you see a image it is very emotional paiting for

us becuase it remind us so many thing on the

past and now specail for Ethiopian how live in out side of Ethiopian. Also this image has massage

for Africa refugee because it remind us our roots.

Oil 18 x 24

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