Ancient Egypt: Culture and Society

• • A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• MAQ-AHIX1250-The Archaeology of Egypt and Near East: Applying Lessons from the Past

Others

40cp at 1000 level or above

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

The unit examines socio-cultural diversity, complexity and transformation of the Ancient Egyptian material world drawing on case studies from the Predynastic to Late Antique periods (ca. 5000 B.C.E to 1000 C.E). The unit aims to contextualise the conditions within which disciplinary, historical and/or archaeological knowledge about ancient Egypt has been constructed and draws on Indigenous modes of learning and pedagogical principles to develop historical and cultural empathy.

Informed by theory and research paradigms developed in the social and cultural sciences, students in the unit will develop skills in critical and reflexive thinking through the examination of primary sources from diverse contexts and historiographical critique of secondary literature. The unit will pay special attention to the role played by imperialism, colonialism, orientalism and modern identity politics in the emergence and trajectory of the fields of Egyptology, archaeology and papyrology, as well as to new methods and approaches to understand Egypt's past. 

• Critical Reflection (20%)
• Online Quiz (10%)
• Review (30%)
• Research Report (40%)

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