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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Archaeology and the Ancient Near East
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Orly Goldwasser
Coordinator Office Hours:
Monday 15:00-16:00
Teaching Staff:
Prof Orly Goldwasser
Course/Module description:
The class will present the Egyptian culture- principles of art, religious beliefs and Egyptian Hieroglyphs through the finds in the exquisite tomb of king Tutankhamun
Course/Module aims:
To introduce the students to the basics of ancient Egyptian culture
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The students will acquire the basic ability to understand the cultural meaning of Egyptian finds
Attendance requirements(%):
according to university rules
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, selected readings, presentation of selected finds with discussion
Course/Module Content:
Topics:
-Discovery of the tomb
-"How to read" an Egyptian statue
-Words and pictures- introduction to the Hieroglyphic script
-Reading in the Egyptian jewelery
- Gods and statues
-The king and the gods
-The "other" as represented in the tomb
- How to live an eternal life- mummies, tombs and police
-Between monotheism and polytheism
-Relations with Canaan
Required Reading:
Allen, S. J. Tutankhamun’s Tomb: The Thrill of Discovery (Photographs by Harry Burton). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.
Andrews, C. Ancient Egyptian Jewelry. New York: Abrams, 1991.
Darnell, J. C. and Manassa C. Tutankhamun’s Army. Battle and Conquest during Ancient Egypt’s Late Eighteenth Dynasty. Chichester: Wiley, 2010.
Desroches-Noblecourt, C. The Life and Death of a Pharaoh. New York: New York Graphic Society, 1963.
Eaton-Krauss, M. The Sarcophagus in the Tomb of Tutanakhamun. Oxford: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 1993.
Hepper, N.F. Pharaoh’s Flowers. The Botanical Treasures of Tutankhamun. London: HMSO, 1990.
Reeves, C. N. The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasure. London & New York: Thames & Hudson, 2007.
Winlock, H. E. Tutankhamun’s Funeral. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.
(with introduction by Dorothea Arnold)
Additional Reading Material:
Assmann, J. The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs. New
York: Metropolitan Books, 2002.
——— . Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997.
Hart, G. Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. London & New York: Routledge & K. Paul, 1986.
Hornung, E. Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many. Translated by J. Baines. New York: Cornell University Press, 1996.
———. Idea into Image: Essays on Ancient Egyptian Thought. New York: Timken, 1992.
Pinch, G. Egyptian Mythology. A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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