EGYPTOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE

1.- Egyptology as a Historic science

Origin of the Egyptology Development in the 19th & 20th centuries Egyptology today: Challenges and the future of Egyptology

2.- Sources and Methods in Egyptology

Geography Chronology Anthropology Archaeology Art and Iconography Papyrology Philology

3.- History of Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian view of the past Modern divisions of the History of Ancient Egypt The Predynastic period Early Dynastic Old Kingdom First Intermediate Period Middle Kingdom Second Intermediate Period New Kingdom Third Intermediate Period Late Period Graeco-Roman Egypt The neighbouring regions Nubia The surrounding deserts Canaan and Palestine Mesopotamia Anatolia Aegean

4.- Writing and Language

Egyptian language: from the Afroasiatic to the Coptic Writing materials Principles of the hieroglyphic system The origins of the hieroglyphic system Old Egyptian Middle Egyptian Late Egyptian Demotic Coptic

5.- Main Egyptian types of texts

Historiographic: Royal texts Biographies Religious: Hymns Funerary texts Legal Administrative Instructions Scribal traditions Letters Tales

6.- Ancient Egyptian religion

The idea of god in Ancient Egypt Cosmogonies and Theogonies Religious anthropology The priesthood Cult and rituals Magic The death and the afterlife The mummification

7.- The Egyptian State

Kingship The royal family The administration of the State The palace The provincial administration Military organisation The army Egypt ruling foreign countries Justice

8.- Material culture of Ancient Egypt. I: Architecture.

Material for constructions Development of the Egyptian temple Funerary temples: Royal and private temples The temples of gods Development of Egyptian tomb Royal tombs Private tombs Urban sites Military sites Main sites of Egypt

9.- Material Culture of Ancient Egypt. II.

Sculpture Bas-relief Painting Decorative arts Amulets, seals and scarabs Pottery

10.- Economy and Society

Social structure The family Towns and villages Economy Rural economy Trade

11.- Egyptian knowledge

The idea of the world Medicine Mathematics and metrology Astronomy and time measuring Physic, chemistry and mineralogy Music

Basic references in English

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