Introduction
to
Ancient Egypt
Fall
2009
CC 304 C
JES A121A
MWF 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Professor William Nethercut
Office hours: MWF 12-1 PM (and by appointment), WAG 115
nethercut@mail.utexas.edu
Teaching
Assistant:
Bartolo Natoli
Office Hours: TTH 2-3:30 in WAG 207
bnatoli@mail.utexas.edu
Announcements:
Syllabus
October 19th: Timeline of Egyptian Rulers (great resource to study for future exams)
November 13th: Recent article on what was wrong with Amenhotep IV
November 25th: Review Packet for Exam 3 has now been posted (here)
Lecture
Notes:
All of the study notes and reviews posted here are up-to-date and will be available after each class. You can access them by clinking on the date of the desired lecture. You will need to use MS Word or Adobe Acrobat Reader to open them.
N.B.
MYS.= Manley, B. The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt (London, 2003).
ATLAS = The Penguin Atlas of Ancient Egypt (Manley, 1996).
REVIEW SESSION DATES & TIMES FOR THE THIRD EXAM (DEC. 4TH) HAVE NOW BEEN POSTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
Date/Notes |
LECTURE TOPICS |
ASSIGNMENTS (due on the day of class) |
| Wed. Aug. 26 | Introduction. African Backgrounds. Skulls, Stars, the Fight of Souls | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Fri. Aug. 28 | The flowering of Predynastic Nilotic Civilization (10,000-3,500 BC) | Reading: MYS. 17-23. Learn the Map! ATLAS 12-14, 20-21. |
| Mon. Aug. 31 | Capital of the DAY-FALCON. (3,500-3,200 BC) The SCORPION KING. | Reading: MYS. 28-32. |
| Wed. Sept. 2 (images) | The mystery of Egyptian Hieroglyphics. | Reading: MYS. 24-27. |
| Fri. Sept. 4 | The Unification of the "Two Lands" King CATFIS CHISEL. Rulers of the First Dynasty (3,100-2,900 BC). Death at Abydos. | Reading: MYS. 33-41, 111. ATLAS 14-15, 22-23. |
| Mon. Sept. 7 | NO CLASS. LABOR DAY. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Wed. Sept. 9 (images) | Funeral Architecture. Early History of the Egyptian Tomb. | Reading: MYS. 45-51. |
| Fri. Sept. 11 (images) | FILM: "Search for the Lost Mummy of Imhotep." | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Mon. Sept. 14 | The Creation of Imhotep: The "Great Steps" of Saqqara (Third Dynasty 2,600's-2,500's BC). | Reading: ATLAS 28-29. |
| Wed. Sept. 16 (images) | Pyramid Builders of the Fourth Dynasty (2,500's-2,400's BC). Intricacies at Dahshur and Giza. | Reading: MYS. 54-56, 61-66. |
| Fri. Sept. 18 (images) | The Spiritual Code of KHUFU'S Pyramid. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Mon. Sept. 21 (images) | Star Maps at Giza, Dahshur, Cambodia (Ankor Wat). | Reading: MYS. 71-73. |
| Wed. Sept. 23 (images) | The STAR-GATE: ORION. OSIRIS in the PYRAMID TEXTS. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Fri. Sept. 25 | OSIRIS and the Two Kings: KHAF-RA (24th Dynasty, 2,400's BC) and UNAS (WENIS) (Fifh Dynasty, 2,300's BC) | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Mon. Sept. 28 (images) | The Sphinx as Riddler. | Reading: MYS. 67-70. |
| Wed. Sept. 30 (images) | The Third Pyramid at Giza. MENKAURE and the goddess HATHOR. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Fri. Oct. 2 (images) | Lives from the Old Kingdom, Dynasties Four - Six (2,500's-2,100's BC) | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Mon. Oct. 5 (images) | Breakup of the Old Kingdom. The First Intermediate Period (2,100's-1,900's BC). The Tombs of Asyut. | Reading: MYS 224-231. ATLAS 30-31, 34-35, 42-43. |
| Wed. Oct. 7 | REVIEW SESSION (REVIEW PACKET 1) | Reading: MYS. 110, 158-161, 211-13. ATLAS 35-37, 44-51, 42-43. |
| Fri. Oct. 9 | FIRST HOUR EXAMINATION | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Mon. Oct. 12 (images) | The Middle Kingdom cont. Dynasty Thirteen (1769-1640 BC). The Semitic Rulers of Lower Egypt. The Biblical story of Joseph. | Reading: MYS. 271-273, 232-235. ATLAS 37-39. |
| Wed. Oct. 14 (images) | The Second Era of Fragmentation (1640-1540 BC). Thebes drives out the Hyskos. AHMOSE founds the Eighteenth Dynasty. | Reading: MYS. 74-79, 105-107, 162-169. ATLAS 39-41, 52-55, 66-67. |
| Fri. Oct. 16 (images) | Early great rulers in the New Kingdom. TUTMOSIS I, HATSHEPSUT. | Reading: MYS. 111-121, 173-175. ATLAS 39-41, 61 picture, 74-75. |
| Mon. Oct. 19 (images) | FILM: "The Mummy of Hatshepsut" (Part One) | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Wed. Oct. 21 | FILM: "The Mummy of Hatshepsut" (Part Two). TUTMOSIS III, the Napoleon of Egypt. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Fri. Oct. 23 (images) | TUTMOSIS' tomb. What lies in the Underworld. FILM: "Am Duat". | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Mon. Oct. 26 (images) | Discussion of the AM DUAT. Kundalini Yoga in the early African tradition. Egyptian religion as shamanistic. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Wed. Oct. 28 (images) | Writings to overcome Death. The Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, The Book of Gates, The Book of the Dead. FILM: "How to preserve consciousness and self-direction in death: an Egyptian spiritual technology". | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Fri. Oct. 30 | FILM: "The Book of the Dead" (Part One) | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Mon. Nov. 2 | FILM: "The Book of the Dead" (Part Two) | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Wed. Nov. 4 (images) | Women in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Fri. Nov. 6 (images) | Sun-Kings: AMENHOTEP III and AMENHOTEP IV ("AKHENATON"); Queen TIY and NEFERTITI (1390-1351, 1351-1334 BC). | Reading: MYS 122-126, 282-285. ATLAS 76-77, 80-81 (learn names of kingdoms), 83 (bottom picture). |
| Mon. Nov. 9 (images) | FILM: "Nefertiti Resurrected" (Part One) | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Wed. Nov. 11 (images) | FILM: "Nefertiti Resurrected" (Part Two) REVIEW SESSION (Thursday, 11/12) (REVIEW PACKET 2) |
Reading: MYS. 84-87, 127-131, 137-139. |
| Fri. Nov. 13 (images) | Discussion of the film. The remarkable story of "SCOTA". The eclipse of 1000 BC; redating Akhenaton. The philosophy of Atenism. REVIEW SESSION (REVIEW PACKET 2) |
Reading: MYS. 236-238. |
| Mon. Nov. 16 | SECOND HOUR EXAMINATION | |
| Wed. Nov. 18 (images) | The career and treasure of King TUT (Tut Ankh Amun) (traditional dating, 1333-1313?). | Reading: MYS. 132-136. |
| Fri. Nov. 20 (images) | RAMESSES THE GREAT (traditional dating 1200's BC), Nineteenth Dynasty. | Reading: MYS. 243-246, 274-281. ATLAS 84-85, 92-93. |
| Mon. Nov. 23 | FILM: "Women Pharaohs" | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Wed. Nov. 25 (images) | Later Egypt. A third "Intermediate Period" (900's-700's BC, traditional dating). Riches of the Twenty-First Dynasty. The Black Pharoahs of the Twenty-Fifth Nubian Dynasty (700's-660 BC) King TAHARQA. | Reading: MYS. 142-145. ATLAS 106-107, 110-113, 118-119, 124-125. |
| Th.-F Nov. 26-7 | NO CLASS. THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Mon. Nov. 30 (images) | Assyrians, Persians, Greeks, Romans: the culture of occupied Egypt (600's BC - AD 400). The Catacombs of Alexandria. SERAPIS. Egyptian and Christian fusions (syncretism). ISIS, Mother and Comforter. | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Wed. Dec. 2 | Conclusion. CLASS EVALUATION. REVIEW SESSION (Review Packet 3) | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Fri. Dec. 4 | THIRD HOUR EXAMINATION (review sessions) REVIEW SESSION (Thursday, 12/3) (Review Packet 3) | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
Review Sessions:(review packet 3)
Last
updated 11/25/09