How much of your impression of the ancient world was put there by Hollywood, music videos, or orientalist musings out of the West? How accurate are these depictions? Does it matter? This course examines the quintessential example of the “exotic, mysterious ancient world” –...
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Spring, 2020
Continues Middle Egyptian I from the spring 2013 semester. Students will complete the introductory grammar book lessons, and move on to read a selection of basic stories, historical and biographical inscriptions, in the original hieroglyphs. Visits to the Egyptian galleries...
Fall, 2019
The Pyramids, Sphinx, tombs, and temples at Giza (ca. 2500 BC) still pose major questions about ancient Egyptian history, art, architecture, religion, and language. The Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition excavated much of the site (1905 to 1942), and...
This language course explores the fundamentals of Middle Egyptian, the classical stage of Egyptian hieroglyphs used throughout much of ancient Egyptian history. Lessons in the Egyptian writing system, grammar, and culture, with weekly vocabulary and exercises, will introduce...
The ancient Egyptians produced a rich assemblage of hieroglyphic texts over 3,000 years of pharaonic civilization. These have become accessible to the modern reader only over the last two hundred years. This course surveys a range of texts from the Pyramid Age through the...
Specialized reading and research courses, including Old Egyptian texts New Kingdom historical inscriptions etc.
Explores the spectacular history and discoveries of the 40-year Harvard-MFA (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Expedition to 23 sites in Egypt and Nubia (1905-1947). Topics include the early development of responsible archaeological method, famous finds and explorers, Western...
Explores the history, development, and current methodology behind archaeological illustration based on two sample cultures, ancient Egyptian (Old World) and Mayan (New World). Students will focus on epigraphy -- the creation of facsimile line drawings of relief sculpture...