Culture and Society of Ancient Egypt

Description

Through knowledge and understanding, students will be able to: • Identify main sites on a map • Describe economic processes • List social and cultural phenomena Through intellectual skills, students will be able to: • Hypothesize causes and effects of cultural phenomena • Criticize historiographic interpretations • Reflect upon main cultural themes Through professional and practical skills, students will be able to: • Read maps and site plans • Understand archaeological sources • Carry out specific research tasks • Differentiate between various cultures and their products Through general and transferable skills, students will be able to: • Present, evaluate and self-evaluate a twenty-minute paper • Work in a team • Deliver a public speech • Research and write a short essay

Program

Egyptian Archaeology

Objectives

• This course aims at offering a comprehensive overview of cultural and societal issues in the ancient Egypt. The series of fifteen lectures will deal with themes in the daily life of ancient Egyptian people, from birth to death and the afterlife, economic issues, sickness and medicine, disabilities, gender and minorities, community life, urban and countryside social and economic network. Little will be devoted to specific religious issues that are treated in another course. The course will allow student to have a broader understanding of social and cultural dynamics in ancient Egypt through the analysis of archaeological, literary and documentary evidence and will enable the students to develop critical thinking for historiography.