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Ancient Egypt: a history in six objects

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You will learn about At the end of this course students will be able to identify the main periods of ancient Egyptian history, and refer to evidence key to our understanding of this time. This course is ideal for individuals who are All those interested in knowing more about ancient Egypt. It is particularly useful for All those interested in knowing more about ancient Egypt.

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Summary

Title: Ancient Egypt: a history in six objects

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.95

Number of Lectures: 56

Number of Quizzes: 6

Number of Published Lectures: 56

Number of Published Quizzes: 6

Number of Curriculum Items: 62

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 62

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

  • At the end of this course students will be able to identify the main periods of ancient Egyptian history, and refer to evidence key to our understanding of this time.

Who Should Attend

  • All those interested in knowing more about ancient Egypt.

Target Audiences

  • All those interested in knowing more about ancient Egypt.

This course provides an introduction to ancient Egyptian history, using six items from the collections of the Manchester Museum. These items have been carefully chosen to reflect the development of the Dynastic Age through their origin, manufacture, decoration, and use. Week by week we will examine a different artefact and place it in its social and historical context. This will allow us to journey from Predynastic Egypt and its first king, Narmer, to Greco-Roman Egypt and its final queen, Cleopatra VII.

Since this is an introduction to ancient Egypt, no prior knowledge of the history, geography, religion or society of ancient Egypt is needed – all that we ask is that learners are open minded, tolerant and polite at all times.

The course largely consists of video guides and discussions, accompanied by recommended reading either provided in PDF format or by way of links to curated external sites.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: What to expect from the course

Lecture 2: Introduction video

Chapter 2: Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt

Lecture 1: Introduction (text)

Lecture 2: Historical Overview (text)

Lecture 3: Egypt and its River (video lecture)

Lecture 4: Section 1 Object: Decorated Predynastic Pot (video discussion)

Lecture 5: Stone Working in Ancient Egypt (video discussion)

Lecture 6: Writing Egyptian Hieroglyphs (video lecture)

Lecture 7: History of Egyptology at the University of Manchester (video lecture)

Lecture 8: Additional Reading (text)

Lecture 9: Summary (text)

Chapter 3: Old Kingdom Egypt

Lecture 1: Introduction (text)

Lecture 2: Historical Overview (text)

Lecture 3: Section 2 Object: Old Kingdom 'False Door' (video discussion)

Lecture 4: First Intermediate Period Stela (video discussion)

Lecture 5: Old Kingdom Pyramids (video lecture)

Lecture 6: The Purpose of the Old Kingdom Tomb (video lecture)

Lecture 7: Ankhtifi (video lecture)

Lecture 8: Additional Reading (text)

Lecture 9: Summary (text)

Chapter 4: Middle Kingdom Egypt

Lecture 1: Introduction (text)

Lecture 2: Historical Overview (text)

Lecture 3: Section 3 Object: 'Spinning Statue' (video discussion)

Lecture 4: Objects from Kahun (video discusssion)

Lecture 5: The Pyramid of Senwosret II and the town of Kahun (video lecture)

Lecture 6: The Two Brothers (note: contains brief images of human remains) (video lecture)

Lecture 7: Ramesseum Tomb Group (video lecture)

Lecture 8: Additional Reading (text)

Lecture 9: Summary (text)

Chapter 5: New Kingdom Egypt

Lecture 1: Introduction (text)

Lecture 2: Historical Overview (text)

Lecture 3: Section 4 Object: Ramesside Column (video discussion)

Lecture 4: The Nefertiti Bust (video discussion)

Lecture 5: Ahmose Son of Ibana (video lecture)

Lecture 6: Amenhotep II Chariot Piece (video discussion)

Lecture 7: The Reign of Hatshepsut (video lecture)

Lecture 8: Additional Reading (text)

Lecture 9: Summary (text)

Chapter 6: Third Intermediate Period and Late Period Egypt

Lecture 1: Introduction (text)

Lecture 2: Historical Overview (text)

Lecture 3: Section 5 Object: Cartonnage Coffin (video discussion)

Lecture 4: The Coffin of Perenbast (video discussion)

Lecture 5: The Myth of Isis and Osiris (video lecture)

Lecture 6: Temple Statues (video lecture)

Lecture 7: Burial Practices in the Third Intermediate and Late Periods (video lecture)

Lecture 8: Additional Reading (text)

Lecture 9: Summary (text)

Chapter 7: Greco-Roman Egypt

Lecture 1: Introduction (text)

Lecture 2: Historical Overview (text)

Lecture 3: Section 6 Object: Figurine of the God Bes (video discussion)

Lecture 4: Two Greco-Roman Mummy Portraits (video discussion)

Lecture 5: Animal Mummies (video discussion)

Lecture 6: Snakes and the Death of Cleopatra (video discussion)

Lecture 7: Mummy Masks (video lecture)

Lecture 8: Additional Reading (text)

Lecture 9: Summary (text)

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