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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

MC

Mar 21, 2020

I took these 2 courses after visiting the Penn Museum. It certainly makes me want to revisit that museum again and again! This is a great course to learn about Ancient Egypt.

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.

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By Peta O

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Apr 12, 2019

Enjoyable and the presenter is A1

By Chrissy R

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Aug 12, 2024

Very informative and interesting

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Sep 6, 2024

Amazing and highly knowledgable

By Stephanie A F

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Apr 27, 2024

Very interesting! I enjoyed it.

By Lucas

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Oct 6, 2023

Very fun and interesting course

By Ivona H

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Mar 9, 2018

Very interesting and insightful

By Taya F

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Oct 2, 2024

very interesting and engaging!

By Mara

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Jul 8, 2020

Great course! I learned a lot!

By Juan P G

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Jan 10, 2023

Excellent course and teacher!

By Tanja P

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Aug 9, 2022

I loved it. Highly recommend.

By Manvi K D

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Aug 14, 2018

A real good learning session!

By MR M M

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Mar 22, 2025

Excellent. Always learningm

By Ana M P

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Sep 23, 2024

Como siempre muy interesante

By Alessandra R

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May 22, 2020

Really interesting thank you

By Richard J M

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Sep 23, 2021

Excellent in all respects.

By MARCOS A C B

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Oct 12, 2020

Very good and instructive.

By Nicola R

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Feb 18, 2018

Really enjoyed the course!

By Mary C

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May 15, 2021

excellent and informative

By Diana M U R

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Jun 10, 2019

Amaizing course i love it

By Tino B

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Oct 2, 2023

Very interesting course.

By Zafira B

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Sep 25, 2020

Enriquecimento cultural.

By Abadir S Y

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May 6, 2019

egypt great civilization

By Christine F

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Jun 3, 2023

Very enjoyable course.

By ABHIJIT B

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May 23, 2021

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Extremely Satisfied

By Amal A E I

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May 7, 2018

Very good i loved it .