Description

Through knowledge and understanding, students will be able to: • Name main contributors to Egyptomania in cinema, literature and the arts • Identify works of art inspired by ancient Egypt • Read maps and identify locations • Describe processes of Egyptian imitation Through intellectual skills, students will be able to: • Explain theoretical issues using appropriate terminology • Criticize historiographic/artistic interpretations • Analyse literary and artistic works of art Through professional and practical skills, students will be able to: • Read maps and site plans • Understand historical sources • Carry out specific research tasks • Differentiate between different historical phases and their products Through general and transferable skills, students will be able to: • Work in a team • Deliver a public speech • Defend own ideas • Evaluate and self-evaluate presentation • Write a short essay

Program

Egyptian Archaeology

Objectives

• This course aims at introducing the students to the reception of ancient Egypt in ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary Western societies and contemporary Egypt. In the first part of the course, the students will follow a chronological approach from Greek and Roman antiquity to the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the “rediscovery” of ancient Egypt at the beginning of the 19th century. In the second part of the course, the students will read excerpts, analyse images of objects, watches movies or parts of movies and study architectural buildings that were inspired by ancient Egypt, Egyptian museum collections and Egyptological publications/discoveries. At the end of the course the students will have a comprehensive panorama of so-called Egyptomania.