Humanities
Section 1: Ancient & Medieval
Cuneiform Emuna Elish Hieroglyphics
Demotic Nebuchadnezzar Greek
Aramaic Latin Rosetta Stone
Gilgamesh Pyramid Ziggurats
Pyramid at Giza Parthenon Pantheon
Colosseum Sophia Haggai Arch
Dome Concrete 88 Elevators
Minarets Mosaic Icon
Lescaux Caves Greek Drama 30/12 Seven Virtues
Medieval Chant Harmony Notation
Polyphony Socrates Aristophanes
Plato Aristotle Alexander the Great
Jesus the Christ Moses Mohammed
Chartes Cathedral Isaiah Virgil
Homer Pythagoras
1. Cuneiform, circa 3,500 BC
2. Lascaux Caves, 40,00 B.C., Paleolithic Art
3. Dream of Nebuchadnezzar, 600 BC (Conquered Egypt and Destroyed Solomon’s Temple)
4. Khufu’s Pyramid at Giza, 2,600 BC
Did aliens build the pyramids?
5. Parthenon of Athens, Temple of Athena, Acropolis built by Pericles, 438 BC
6. Pantheon of Rome, 12 Main Gods, built by Hadrian in 118 AD
7. The Great Colosseum of Rome built by Vespasion and his son Titus, 80 AD
8. Hagia Sophia, built by Constantine (360 AD), Justinian II, 537 AD
9. Plato, “The Allegory of the Caveâ€, circa 400 BC , (Compare to the apostle Paul’s “Through a Mirror Darklyâ€, 1 Corinthians 13:11-12, 55 AD)
10. The Ten Commandments of the Pentateuch (1450 BC) and the Surah of the Quran (600 AD),
Adapted from TenCommandments.org:
Bible Ten Commandments | Catholic Ten Commandments | ||
1st | I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. | 1st | I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange Gods before me. |
2nd | Exodus 20:4-6 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my Commandments. | Deleted. | |
3rd | Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God In vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. | 2nd | You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain. |
4th | Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. | 3rd | Remember to keep holy the LORD’S Day. |
5th | Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. | 4th | Honor your father and your mother. |
6th | Thou shalt not kill. | 5th | You shall not kill. |
7th | Thou shalt not commit adultery. | 6th | You shall not commit adultery. |
8th | Thou shalt not steal. | 7th | You shall not steal. |
9th | Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. | 8th | You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. |
10th | Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. | 9th | You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife. (The Tenth Commandment is split into two to get back to Ten Commandments.) |
10th | You shall not covet your neighbour’s goods. |
11. Gregorian Chant, Monks of Santo Domenico de Silos, by Anonymous
Matthew 6:3-4, 50 AD
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
12. “Organum Duplum†by Leonin, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, 1150 AD
13. “Organum Triplum†by Perotin, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, 1200 AD
14. “Messe de Notre Dameâ€, by Machaut ,1350 AD
15. Code of Hammurabi, 1750 BC, (Compare to Joshua’s Sanctuary Cities, Joshua 20:1-6, 1400 BC)
16. Emperor Justinian and his Courtiers, Empress Theodora and her Retinue, 537 AD, Ravenna, Italy
Seven Deadly Sins: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy & Pride
Seven Heavenly Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Temperance and courage with Theological virtues of Faith Hope and Love (Charity).
Compare to the Beatitudes of Christ, Matthew 5:3-11