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About the Course

Colossal pyramids, imposing temples, golden treasures, enigmatic hieroglyphs, powerful pharaohs, strange gods, and mysterious mummies are features of Ancient Egyptian culture that have fascinated people over the millennia. The Bible refers to its gods, rulers, and pyramids. Neighboring cultures in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean wrote about its god-like kings and its seemingly endless supply of gold. The Greeks and Romans describe aspects of Egypt's culture and history. As the 19th century began, the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt highlighted the wonders of this ancient land, and public interest soared. Not long after, Champollion deciphered Egypt's hieroglyphs and paved the way for other scholars to reveal that Egyptian texts dealt with medicine, dentistry, veterinary practices, mathematics, literature, and accounting, and many other topics. Then, early in the 20th century, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun and its fabulous contents. Exhibitions of this treasure a few decades later resulted in the world's first blockbuster, and its revival in the 21st century has kept interest alive. Join Dr. David Silverman, Professor of Egyptology at Penn, Curator in Charge of the Egyptian Section of the Penn Museum, and curator of the Tutankhamun exhibitions on a guided tour of the mysteries and wonders of this ancient land. He has developed this online course and set it in the galleries of the world famous Penn Museum. He uses many original Egyptian artifacts to illustrate his lectures as he guides students as they make their own discovery of this fascinating culture. This course focused on five key areas in the study of Ancient Egypt: 1) Principles of Egyptian Art, 2) The Basics of the Language of Ancient Egypt: Hieroglyphs, 3) Egyptian Magic, 4) Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, and the Religion of the Aten, and 5) The Burial of Tutankhamun and the Search for his Tomb. This course is intended to accompany, and ideally to follow, Introduction to Ancient Egypt (also available on Coursera)....

Top reviews

DB

Jun 26, 2022

D​etailed introduction to Egyptian art; not too time-consuming; not overly focused on ruins or chronology but on artifacts with symbolic purposed or that conveyed meaning to ancient Egyptians.

GB

Apr 18, 2022

Interesting to learn about. The only thing I didn't care for was how the quizzes looked on my computer, it was spaced all weird, and hard to tell where the question ended and where the choices began.

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By Marcela R V

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Mar 6, 2019

A very complete course, I learned new things, excellent teacher.

By kouassi n c

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Nov 11, 2017

très bon cours facile à étudier et à comprendre je le recommande

By Lisa F

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Nov 26, 2020

What a fact filled adventure into the history of Ancient Egypt!

By Jorge A A E

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May 26, 2018

Excellent course material. Very Interesting and easy to follow.

By David L

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Jun 29, 2023

Very informative and a great follow up to the previous course.

By louis f d m p s

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Jun 14, 2020

Very instructive and interesting. Thanks and congratulations.

By Xantara B

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Feb 24, 2024

Great course! I learned a lot from it. Really recommend it!

By Ariane M

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Jan 28, 2022

Brilliant course, as the first one was as well. Thank you!

By Christine V

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Jun 24, 2020

Loved it- and I learned a lot... Thanks for offering this!

By Kaustubh W

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Jun 30, 2019

One of the best courses for intermediate level Egyptology!

By Rafi R

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May 2, 2019

The all course lectures are very amazing and informative.

By Leslie G

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Jun 11, 2021

Very informative and interesting. Love Ancient Egyptian.

By Christopher M

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Apr 29, 2020

Fantastic course, loved every minute. Have learnt a lot.

By Tony T

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Jul 28, 2023

An amazing journey deep into Ancient Egyptian culture!

By KIMBERLY R

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Jul 13, 2023

This was an amazing course! I thoroughly enjoyed it!!

By Gladis S M E S

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Aug 13, 2019

Excellent Course!!!

Prof. Gladis E. Simonian Minassian

By Natia R

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Mar 26, 2024

Amazing, raised my knowledge about the topic greatly

By marie f

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Mar 18, 2020

Very informative and well explained. Enjoy it fully

By Deidra G

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Feb 3, 2022

Great course, very informative and easy to follow!

By masumi h

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Jul 29, 2020

I really enjoyed the course. Thank you very much.

By Cheryl F

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Apr 30, 2021

Excellent course with great lectures and visuals.

By Meghan T

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Dec 6, 2020

really interesting, i wish there were a "part 3!"

By Lily w

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Oct 16, 2023

AMAZING!!! I learned a lot!I love this course💗

By María A T T

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Jan 26, 2021

Amazing, so full of rich information. Thank you!

By Tishema N C

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Jun 21, 2020

One of the best Egyptian study's I have learned.