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Joined Panels Called Works Of Art Byzantine
1,255 wordsOne kind of metal that the Byzantine's really liked to use was gold. They got the gold form a place called Armenia, and from mines and streams in Greece. Byzantine's described gold as condensed light from the sun, and they made it the symbol of incorruptibility, truth, and glory. It was sometimes mixed with silver or copper. Gold was worked to create coins, medallions, enamel plaques, jewelry, elegant dishes for the home, and containers for the church. Gold foil was used in mosaic cubes, book il...
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Males And Females Killer Whales
1,028 wordsIntroduction Narwhals, the unicorns of the sea, are very mysterious creatures that are not widely known. They are whales with many fascinating features and historical value. This research paper is answering the question, What are Narwhals? . General Description Monodon Monoceros, Latin for one tooth, one horn#; or Narwhal, Norwegian for corpse whale, because of it mottled coloration suggests a bloated corpse#. Narwhals are in the white whale family, along with the beluga, but are actually covere...
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Struggle For Survival Human Animals
1,028 wordsAnimal - what comes to your mind when you hear this word? Perhaps something furry, something feathery, something slimy, something with a beak or lots of sharp teeth, - right? I am sure this what comes to almost everyone's mind when they think "Animal." However, do you think of life, a beating heart, and receptiveness to stimulants, feelings, and a struggle for survival amidst tremendous odds? Take a minute to stop and think of this; after all, animals aren't the cuddly stuffed toys that you see ...
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Attack To Defend Hippos
421 wordsHippos have historically been found throughout all of Africa. Currently most populations have been greatly reduced. The only large population of hippos lives near the Nile river valley of east Africa. The scientific name for hippo is hippopotamus amphibious. Hippos are about four and a half feet tall and eleven feet long. They weigh about three to seven thousand pounds and are the second largest land mammal. A hippos skin is gray- brown. The upper parts are blue- black and the under parts are pi...
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Papua New Guinea Body Piercing
1,260 words... women have. Men have beards, women have none. What kind of person would she be without People? She would not be a woman at all. "The plug of wood in the lips, which became little by little a disk, and then a real plaque, was in some manner a sign of possession of the husband of the Djinja woman. It is the man who is to marry her, and very often him alone who operates, transfixing the lips of the young girl with a blade of straw forms the first sign of the deformation to which she will be sub...
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Case Study Five Years
474 wordsElephants should not be killed because they help the environment. Elephants actually help the environment by acting like a bulldozer and knocking down dead trees that would stand dormant otherwise. Africa does not have the time or money to bulldoze these dead trees that take up land that could be used for some well needed shelter. There are too many homeless people in Africa to have dead trees taking up in some cases large parts of land. Elephants work as construction equipment that Africa does ...
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Shot To Death Elephants
440 wordsWhen you think of an elephant, you probably think of its trunk, big ears, tusks or huge size. You might even think of famous elephants such as Babar or Dumbo. Those elephants may seem fascinating, but the elephants in the wild are even more intriguing. Besides its long trunk or sharp tusks, its behavior are peculiar also. The elephants behavior are very interesting. One of the many unique behavior of the elephant happens when another dies. Other elephants come and run their trunks over the decea...
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Woolly Mammoth Huge Tusks Thick
346 wordsWe have learned much about the Woolly Mammoth almost more than any other dinosaur that has been identified. Due to the fact that the Woolly Mammoth so closely resembles todays elephants, care for them would most probably require most of the same factors to keep it alive. Since the Woolly Mammoth has been extinct for 4000 years, it is difficult to tell exactly what they lived on, but we can hypothesize. The Woolly Mammoth lived during the Ice Age, so if alive today, it must be kept in a tundra en...
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Ice Age 1988 Pp
431 wordsExtinct Animals Research: Woolly Mammoth We have learned much about the Woolly Mammoth almost more than any other dinosaur that has been identified. Due to the fact that the Woolly Mammoth so closely resembles todays elephants, care for them would most probably require most of the same factors to keep it alive. Since the Woolly Mammoth has been extinct for 4000 years, it is difficult to tell exactly what they lived on, but we can hypothesize. The Woolly Mammoth lived during the Ice Age, so if al...
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