Short Courses in Egyptology (Distance Learning)

This course aims to:
Explore the developing role of the queen of Egypt from Predynastic times until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. Taking a chronological approach, with an emphasis on the queens of the New Kingdom, it draws upon a combination of archaeological and textual evidence to tell a fascinating story.

Content:
Week 1: The Royal Women of Ancient Egypt
Week 2: Pyramid Queens: queens of the Old and Middle Kingdoms
Week 3: Fighting Queens: queens of the 17th and Earlier 18th Dynasty
Week 4: Sun Queens: the royal women of Amarna
Week 5: Queens and God’s Wives
Week 6: Ptolemaic Queens

This course aims to:
Explore the art, archaeology, literature and technology of Egyptian warfare and weapons from the Predynastic Period (Dynasty 0) to the end of the New Kingdom (Dynasty 20).

Content
One Learning Module will be released each week, for six weeks, as follows:

Week 1: Enemies, Kings and Soldiers
Week 2: Weapons
Week 3: Warfare in the Old and Middle Kingdoms
Week 4: Warfare in the 18th Dynasty
Week 5: Warfare in the Ramesside Period (Dynasties 19 and 20)
Week 6: Forts and Fortifications

This course aims to:
Use a combination of dynastic and Classical art, archaeology, literature and mythology to explore the nature of some of Egypt’s better known gods and goddesses.

Content:
One Learning Module will be released each week, for six weeks, as follows:

Week 1: Atum and the creation of the world
Week 2: The sun god Re
Week 3: Hathor, the Golden One
Week 4: Osiris, King of the Dead
Week 5: Horus and Seth
Week 6: Isis

On 4th November 1922 Howard Carter discovered a flight of steps leading down to the long-lost tomb of the little-known 18th Dynasty king Tutankhamen. The tomb was virtually intact and Tutankhamen’s mummified body still lay inside, surrounded by grave goods. This was by no means the first royal mummy to be discovered, nor the most important, yet Tutankhamen quickly became a celebrity and Egyptology acquired a popular appeal that was reflected beyond the academic world in fashion, architecture and fiction. Meanwhile in Egypt, an increasingly independent country struggling to enter the modern world, the discovery raised questions about colonialism and the ownership of Egypt’s past.

Almost a century after the great discovery, Tutankhamen is undoubtedly ancient Egypt’s most famous king. His name is recognised the world over; his golden death-mask is an iconic artefact which has come to represent the whole of Dynastic civilization; his untimely death has given rise to a complex series of conspiracy, murder and curse theories. But what do we actually know about Tutankhamen, king of Egypt, his family and his relatively brief reign? This Short Course explores the life and times of Tutankhamen, drawing upon a combination of archaeological, textual and biomedical evidence to reconstruct a fascinating and still developing story.

Content:
One Learning Module will be released each week, for six weeks, as follows:

Week 1: Tutankhamen in context: the late 18th Dynasty
Week 2: The Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb
Week 3: Tutankhamen’s Grave Goods
Week 4: Finding a Family for Tutankhamen
Week 5: The Life and Death of an Egyptian King
Week 6: Egyptian Curses: Ancient and Modern

This course aims to:
Explore the developing role of the queen of Egypt from Predynastic times until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. Taking a chronological approach, with an emphasis on the queens of the New Kingdom, it draws upon a combination of archaeological and textual evidence to tell a fascinating story.

Content:
Week 1: The Royal Women of Ancient Egypt
Week 2: Pyramid Queens: queens of the Old and Middle Kingdoms
Week 3: Fighting Queens: queens of the 17th and Earlier 18th Dynasty
Week 4: Sun Queens: the royal women of Amarna
Week 5: Queens and God’s Wives
Week 6: Ptolemaic Queens

This course aims to:
Explore the art, archaeology, literature and technology of Egyptian warfare and weapons from the Predynastic Period (Dynasty 0) to the end of the New Kingdom (Dynasty 20).

Content
One Learning Module will be released each week, for six weeks, as follows:

Week 1: Enemies, Kings and Soldiers
Week 2: Weapons
Week 3: Warfare in the Old and Middle Kingdoms
Week 4: Warfare in the 18th Dynasty
Week 5: Warfare in the Ramesside Period (Dynasties 19 and 20)
Week 6: Forts and Fortifications

This course aims to:
Use a combination of dynastic and Classical art, archaeology, literature and mythology to explore the nature of some of Egypt’s better known gods and goddesses.

Content:
One Learning Module will be released each week, for six weeks, as follows:

Week 1: Atum and the creation of the world
Week 2: The sun god Re
Week 3: Hathor, the Golden One
Week 4: Osiris, King of the Dead
Week 5: Horus and Seth
Week 6: Isis

On 4th November 1922 Howard Carter discovered a flight of steps leading down to the long-lost tomb of the little-known 18th Dynasty king Tutankhamen. The tomb was virtually intact and Tutankhamen’s mummified body still lay inside, surrounded by grave goods. This was by no means the first royal mummy to be discovered, nor the most important, yet Tutankhamen quickly became a celebrity and Egyptology acquired a popular appeal that was reflected beyond the academic world in fashion, architecture and fiction. Meanwhile in Egypt, an increasingly independent country struggling to enter the modern world, the discovery raised questions about colonialism and the ownership of Egypt’s past.

Almost a century after the great discovery, Tutankhamen is undoubtedly ancient Egypt’s most famous king. His name is recognised the world over; his golden death-mask is an iconic artefact which has come to represent the whole of Dynastic civilization; his untimely death has given rise to a complex series of conspiracy, murder and curse theories. But what do we actually know about Tutankhamen, king of Egypt, his family and his relatively brief reign? This Short Course explores the life and times of Tutankhamen, drawing upon a combination of archaeological, textual and biomedical evidence to reconstruct a fascinating and still developing story.

Content:
One Learning Module will be released each week, for six weeks, as follows:

Week 1: Tutankhamen in context: the late 18th Dynasty
Week 2: The Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb
Week 3: Tutankhamen’s Grave Goods
Week 4: Finding a Family for Tutankhamen
Week 5: The Life and Death of an Egyptian King
Week 6: Egyptian Curses: Ancient and Modern

This course aims to:
Explore the developing role of the queen of Egypt from Predynastic times until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. Taking a chronological approach, with an emphasis on the queens of the New Kingdom, it draws upon a combination of archaeological and textual evidence to tell a fascinating story.

Content:
Week 1: The Royal Women of Ancient Egypt
Week 2: Pyramid Queens: queens of the Old and Middle Kingdoms
Week 3: Fighting Queens: queens of the 17th and Earlier 18th Dynasty
Week 4: Sun Queens: the royal women of Amarna
Week 5: Queens and God’s Wives
Week 6: Ptolemaic Queens

This course aims to:
Explore the art, archaeology, literature and technology of Egyptian warfare and weapons from the Predynastic Period (Dynasty 0) to the end of the New Kingdom (Dynasty 20).

Content
One Learning Module will be released each week, for six weeks, as follows:

Week 1: Enemies, Kings and Soldiers
Week 2: Weapons
Week 3: Warfare in the Old and Middle Kingdoms
Week 4: Warfare in the 18th Dynasty
Week 5: Warfare in the Ramesside Period (Dynasties 19 and 20)
Week 6: Forts and Fortifications

This course aims to:
Use a combination of dynastic and Classical art, archaeology, literature and mythology to explore the nature of some of Egypt’s better known gods and goddesses.

Content:
One Learning Module will be released each week, for six weeks, as follows:

Week 1: Atum and the creation of the world
Week 2: The sun god Re
Week 3: Hathor, the Golden One
Week 4: Osiris, King of the Dead
Week 5: Horus and Seth
Week 6: Isis

On 4th November 1922 Howard Carter discovered a flight of steps leading down to the long-lost tomb of the little-known 18th Dynasty king Tutankhamen. The tomb was virtually intact and Tutankhamen’s mummified body still lay inside, surrounded by grave goods. This was by no means the first royal mummy to be discovered, nor the most important, yet Tutankhamen quickly became a celebrity and Egyptology acquired a popular appeal that was reflected beyond the academic world in fashion, architecture and fiction. Meanwhile in Egypt, an increasingly independent country struggling to enter the modern world, the discovery raised questions about colonialism and the ownership of Egypt’s past.

Almost a century after the great discovery, Tutankhamen is undoubtedly ancient Egypt’s most famous king. His name is recognised the world over; his golden death-mask is an iconic artefact which has come to represent the whole of Dynastic civilization; his untimely death has given rise to a complex series of conspiracy, murder and curse theories. But what do we actually know about Tutankhamen, king of Egypt, his family and his relatively brief reign? This Short Course explores the life and times of Tutankhamen, drawing upon a combination of archaeological, textual and biomedical evidence to reconstruct a fascinating and still developing story.

Content:
One Learning Module will be released each week, for six weeks, as follows:

Week 1: Tutankhamen in context: the late 18th Dynasty
Week 2: The Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb
Week 3: Tutankhamen’s Grave Goods
Week 4: Finding a Family for Tutankhamen
Week 5: The Life and Death of an Egyptian King
Week 6: Egyptian Curses: Ancient and Modern