Explorers, Mummies, Hieroglyphs

This course introduces Ancient Egypt through presentation of more recent “explorers” (e.g., Champollion; Belzoni; Budge; Petrie; Carter), a basic introductory coverage of how to read Egyptian hieroglyphs, and lectures on different aspects of Ancient Egypt: (1) early Egyptology and archaeology, (2) historical background, (3) geography, (4) society and government, (5) religion of the living, (6) funerary beliefs and customs, (7) architecture and buildings, (8) written evidence, (9) the army and

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

ANTH 232