Question description
1. “Myths in Neolithic Cultures Around the Glove”
use one sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response.
- Describe
the functions of ancient myths, using examples from two (2) different
neolithic cultures, and comment on whether myth is inherently fictional.
Using modern examples, discuss ways modern belief systems, secular or
religious, function for modern cultures in a similar fashion.
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Neolithic societies and myths
2. “Egyptian Love Poetry and Mummies”
use sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response.
- From
the samples of Egyptian love poetry, identify one (1) or two (2) lines
that you especially enjoy or find interesting, and compare this poetry
to some aspect of modern life. Next, describe two (2) aspects of
Egyptian mummification and the early Egyptians’ beliefs related to
mummification that you find surprising or intriguing. These funerary
practices were driven by certain Egyptian ideas of the afterlife;
compare these to modern beliefs and practices.
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Egypt