Forty-eight lectures of thirty minutes each by Bob Brier, Egyptologist and Professor of Philosophy at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
Contents:
Lecture 12 The Middle Kingdom: Dynasty XI. Lecture 2 Prehistoric Egypt ; Lecture 3 Ancient Egyptian thought ; Lecture 4 Napoleon and the beginnings of Egyptology ; Lecture 5 The Rosetta Stone, and much more ; Lecture 6 The first nation in history -- Disc 2. Lecture 7 The rise of the Old Kingdom ; Lecture 8 Sneferu, the pyramid builder ; Lecture 9 The Great Pyramid of Giza ; Lecture 10 The end of the Old Kingdom ; Lecture 11 The First Intermediate Period ; Lecture 12 The Middle Kingdom: Dynasty XI. Lecture 24 Medicine: The necessary art. Lecture 14 The Second Intermediate Period ; Lecture 15 Joseph in Egypt ; Lecture 16 The beginning of the New Kingdom: The fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty ; Lecture 17 Queen Hatshepsut ; Lecture 18 Obelisks -- Disc 4. Lecture 19 Tuthmosis III: King at last ; Lecture 20 The fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty rolls on ; Lecture 21 Akhenaten the heretic pharaoh ; Lecture 22 The discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb ; Lecture 23 The murder of Tutankhamen: A theory ; Lecture 24 Medicine: The necessary art. Lecture 36 Dynasty XXI: Egypt divided. Lecture 26 Mummification: How we know what we know ; Lecture 27 What mummies tell us ; Lecture 28 Making a modern mummy ; Lecture 29 Dynasty XIX begins ; Lecture 30 Ramses the Great: The early years -- Disc 6. Lecture 31 Ramses the Great: The later years ; Lecture 32 The exodus: Did it happen? ; Lecture 33 The decline of Dynasty XIX ; Lecture 34 Dynasty XX: The decline continues ; Lecture 35 Ancient Egyptian magic ; Lecture 36 Dynasty XXI: Egypt divided. Lecture 48 The grand finale. Lecture 38 Dynasty XXV: The Nubians have their day ; Lecture 39 Dynasty XXVI: The Saite period ; Lecture 40 Dynasty XXVII: The Persians ; Lecture 41 Dynasties XXVIII to XXXI: The beginning of the end ; Lecture 42 Alexander the Great -- Disc 8. Lecture 43 The first Ptolemies ; Lecture 44 The middle Ptolemies: The decline ; Lecture 45 Animal mummies ; Lecture 46 Cleopatra's family ; Lecture 47 Cleopatra: The last Ptolemy ; Lecture 48 The grand finale.
Summary:
Ancient Egyptian civilization is so grand that our minds sometimes have difficulty adjusting to it. The most advanced of any ancient civilization, Egypt's ancient kingdom lasted for 30 centuries, longer than any other, yet today, it remains one of the most mysterious. Home of the only one of the Eight Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, the Great Pyramid of Cheops was the tallest building in the world until well into the 1800s. This course chronologically surveys 3,000 years of recorded Egyptian history, from unification in 3100 BC through the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC.
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