Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia
General data
Course ID: | 2800-ABEGY-B |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
08.4
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Course title: | Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia |
Name in Polish: | Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia - lecture |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Archeology |
Course groups: |
Thematic unit classes (1st BA) |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
4.00
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Language: | English |
Type of course: | obligatory courses |
Mode: | Blended learning |
Short description: |
The course concerns archaeology of ancient Egypt and Nubia in the period between the 11th millennium BC to the 1st millennium AD. It discusses geography, natural resources, chronology, religion, architecture and art. |
Full description: |
The class shows the most important archaeological sites in Egypt and Nubia, dating from the 11th millennium BC to the 1st millennium AD. The course will show what traces were left in the archaeological material by various historical, social and cultural processes. It discusses different aspects of the Egyptian and main Nubian cultures – funerary rites, religious systems, economy, material culture, visual arts. Egypt: 1. State and society. Royal ideology, formation of the state, administration, crises of the state. 2. Religion. Theological systems: Heliopolitan, Memphite and Hermopolitan, divine triads. 3. Writing and literature. Major religious text corpora: Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Book of the Dead. Beginnings of literature. 4. Visual arts. Sculpture, painting, relief. Canon of art. Architecture 5. Various types of artefacts as sources of information on various aspects of Egyptian civilization And Egyptian archaeology in chronological order: 6. Neolithic Period 7. Upper and Lower Egyptian Cultures 8. Unification of Egypt and Archaic Period 9. Old Kingdom 10. First Intermediate Period 11. Middle Kingdom 12. Second Intermediate Period 13. New Kingdom 14. Third Intermediate Period 15. Late Period 16. Greco-Roman Period – an introduction Nubia: 1.Geography and climate-Neolithic cultures 2. Group A – pre-Krema cultures 3.Kerma horizon: Krema, Group-C and Pan-grave cultures 3. Napatan period 4. Meroitic period |
Bibliography: |
Egypt: 1. Badawy, A., 1968, A History of Egyptian Architecture, Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. 2. Beckerath, J. v., 1997, Chronologie des pharaonischen Ägypten: die Zeitbestimmung der ägyptischen Geschichte von der Vorzeit bis 332 v. Chr., Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. 3. Beckerath, J. v., 1999, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, Mainz: von Zabern. 4. Dodson, A. & S. Ikram, 2008, The Tomb in Ancient Egypt: Royal and Private Sepulchres from the Early Dynastic Period to the Romans, London; (tylko po angielsku) Egypt: 1. Badawy, A., 1968, A History of Egyptian Architecture, Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. 2. Beckerath, J. v., 1997, Chronologie des pharaonischen Ägypten: die Zeitbestimmung der ägyptischen Geschichte von der Vorzeit bis 332 v. Chr., Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. 3. Beckerath, J. v., 1999, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, Mainz: von Zabern. 4. Dodson, A. & S. Ikram, 2008, The Tomb in Ancient Egypt: Royal and Private Sepulchres from the Early Dynastic Period to the Romans, London; New York: Thames & Hudson. 5. Harpur, Y. & P. J. Scremin, 1987, Decoration in Egyptian Tombs of the Old Kingdom: Studies in Orientation and Scene Content, London ; New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 6. Hartwig, M.K. (ed.), 2015, A companion to ancient Egyptian art, Wiley Blackwell 7. Ikram, S., 2002, Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt, Harlow: Longman. 8. Kemp, B. J., 2006, Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization, London; New York: Routledge. 9. Lacovara, P., 1997, The New Kingdom Royal City, London, New York: Kegan Paul International. 10. Midant-Reynes, B., 2000, The Prehistory of Egypt from the fFrst Egyptians to the First Pharaohs, Oxford, UK, Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 11. Lehner, M., 1997, The Complete Pyramids, Thames & Hudson. 12. Lloyd, A.B. (ed.), 2010, A companion to ancient Egypt, vol I, Wiley Blackwell. 13. Moeller, N. 2016, The archaeology of urbanism in ancient Egypt : from the predynastic period to the end of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge University Press. 14. Morenz, S., 1973, Egyptian Religion, Ithaca, N.Y.,: Cornell University Press. 15. Nicholson, P. T. & I. Shaw (eds.), 2000, Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press. 16. Ritner, R. K., 1993, The Mechanics of Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice, Chicago, Ill.: Oriental Institute of University of Chicago. 17. Robins, G., 2008, The Art of Ancient Egypt, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 18. Shafer, B. E., 1997, Temples of Ancient Egypt, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. 19. Smith, W. S., 1949, A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom, London: Published on behalf of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 20. Strudwick, N., 1985, The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom: the Highest Titles and Their Holders, London; Boston: KPI. 21. Trigger, B. G., 1993, Early Civilizations: Ancient Egypt in Context, Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press. 22. Ziegler, C. & J.-L. Bovot, 2001, Art et archéologie : l'Egypte ancienne, Paris: Ecole du Louvre : Réunion des musées nationaux : Documentation française 23. Wilkinson, R.H., 2003, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson 24. Wilkinson, R.H., 2000, The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson Nubia: 1. Baud, M. (ed.), 2010, Méroé. Un empire sur le Nil, Paris. 2. Eide, T., Hägg, T., Pierce, R.H., Török, L., 1994, Fontes Historiae Nubiourum. Textual Sources for the History of the Middle Nile Region Between the Eighth Century BC and the Sixth Century AD I. From the Eighth to the Mid-Fifth Century BC, Bergen. 3. Lacovara, P., 2012, Ancient Nubia. African Kingdoms on the Nile. The American University in Cairo, Cairo. 4. Morkot, R., 2000, The Black Pharaohs: Egypt's Nubian Rulers, Rubicon Press. 5. Török, L., 1997, The Kingdom of Kush. Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization, Brill. 6. Török, L., 2009, Between Two Worlds: the Frontier Region between Ancient Nubia and Egypt, 3700 BC-AD 500, Brill. 7. Valbelle, D., Bonnet, C., 2007, The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile, Cairo. 8. Welsby, D.A., 1998, The Kingdom of Kush: the Napatan and Meroitic Empires, Markus Wiener Publishers. 9. Welsby, D.A., Anderson, J. R, 2004, Sudan: Ancient Treasures: an Exhibition of Recent Discoveries from the Sudan National Museum, British Museum Press. |
Learning outcomes: |
(tylko po angielsku) - The student knows the basic terminology associated with the Egyptian and Nubian archaeology (K_W02). - The student knows the basics of ancient Egyptian and Nubian civilisations (K_W05). - The student knows the latest discoveries and theories related ancient Egypt and Nubia (K_W08). - The student knows how to analyze, judge, select and use information concerning archaeology of Egypt and Nubia (K_U01). - The student knows how to obtain knowledge and develop scientific skills in case of Egyptian and Nubian archaeology (K_U04). - The student appreciates the unique values of archaeological sources and their role in reproducing the past of man (K_K02). - the student can critically assess the interpretation of archaeological and historical sources with an awareness of the multifaceted interpretation (K_K04). |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Mandatory attendance (two absences are acceptable).Written or oral exam. |
Classes in period "Academic year 2023/24" (in progress)
Time span: | 2023-10-01 - 2024-06-16 |
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Type of class: |
Lecture, 60 hours, 20 places
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Coordinators: | Marta Kaczanowicz, Dobrochna Zielińska | |
Group instructors: | Marta Kaczanowicz, Dobrochna Zielińska | |
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Examination: | Examination |
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