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A history and culture of ancient Egypt (Part I)

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Course ID: 2800-DWEG-I
Erasmus code / ISCED: 08.4 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: A history and culture of ancient Egypt (Part I)
Name in Polish: Dzieje i kultura faraońskiego Egiptu I
Organizational unit: Faculty of Archeology
Course groups: (in Polish) Wykłady ogólnowydziałowe
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: Polish
Type of course:

supplementary

Mode:

Blended learning

Short description:

The subject of the lecture is the history and culture of pharaonic Egypt.

Full description:

The subject of the lecture is the history and culture of pharaonic Egypt from its beginning to

the end of the XVIIIth dynasty.

Bibliography: (in Polish)

Literatura podstawowa:

Grimal N., Dzieje starożytnego Egiptu, Warszawa 2004

Kemp B.J., Egipt. Anatomia Cywilizacji, Warszawa 2009

Schulz R., Seidel M. (ed.), Świat faraonów, Kolonia 2000

Literatura uzupełniająca:

Barwik M., Księga Wychodzenia za Dnia. Tajemnice Egipskiej Księgi Umarłych, Warszawa

2009 (II wyd. 2020)

Barwik M., The Twilight of Ramesside Egypt. Studies on the History of Egypt at the End of

the Ramesside Period, Warszawa 2011

Barwik M., Bitwa pod Megiddo (1457 r. p.n.e), Warszawa 2019

Beckerath J. von, Chronologie des ägyptischen Neuen Reiches, [HÄB 39], Hildesheim 1994

Carter H., Mace A.C., The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen, vol.I-III, London 1923-33

Cline E.H., O’Connor D. (ed.), Ramesses III. The Life and Times of Egypt’s Last Hero, Ann

Arbor 2015

Černý J., A Community of Workmen at Thebes in the Ramesside Period, [BdÉ 50], Cairo

1973 (1 wyd.), 2004 (3 wyd.)

Dodson A., Amarna Sunset. Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian

Counter-Reformation, Cairo-New York 2009

Dodson A., Poisoned Legacy, The Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty, Cairo-New York

2010

Kitchen K.A., Pharaoh Triumphant. The Life and Times of Ramesses II, Warminster 1982

(tłum. polskie: Ramzes Wielki i jego czasy, Warszawa 2002)

Moran W.L., The Amarna Letters, Baltimore-London 1992

Murnane W.J., Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt, Atlanta 1995

O’Connor D., Cline E.H. (ed.), Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, Ann Arbor 1998

Parkinson R.B., Voices from Ancient Egypt. An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings,

London 1991

Peet T.E., The Great Tomb-Robberies of the Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty, vol. I-II, Oxford

1930

Redford D.B., Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times, Princeton 1992

Simpson W.K. et al., The Literature of Ancient Egypt. An Anthology of Stories, Instructions,

Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry, Cairo 2005

Strudwick N.C., Texts from the Pyramid Age, [Writings from the Ancient World], Atlanta

2005

Vandersleyen Cl., L’Égypte et la Vallée du Nil, vol. I: Des origines à la fin de l'Ancien

Empire, 12000-2000 av. J.-C.; vol. II: De la fin de l’Ancien Empire à la fin du Nouvel

Empire, Paris 1992-1995

Learning outcomes:

-Student has a knowledge on the main trends in the field of modern humanistic studies, and

culture of ancient Egypt in particular.

-Student is able to interpret properly archaeological and written sources on the history and

culture of ancient Egypt.

-He should understand significance of humanistic studies for modern culture.

-He is able to propagate effectively the results obtained in the field of humanistic studies.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria: (in Polish)

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