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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 25, 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 17, 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 Christopher a

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Feb 22, 2018

Great enjoyable course

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Sep 22, 2021

I liked this course.

By Samuel G

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Jul 8, 2020

What a great course!

By John T

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Jan 19, 2021

Excellent material.

By Keawalin S

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Jul 25, 2020

it was very great!

By marian

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Jul 26, 2024

Me ha encantado!!!

By Leila Z

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Dec 5, 2022

An amazing course.

By Jean M O

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Oct 1, 2020

Loved this course!

By Libero P

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Aug 8, 2025

Πολύ καλό μάθημα.

By JCarlos F

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Mar 22, 2024

Estupendo curso.

By Simran S

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Sep 20, 2019

Wonderful course

By Kaswandy M

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May 25, 2021

The best course

By Katherine S

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Jul 21, 2020

Awesome course!

By Patricia B

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May 19, 2020

simply awesome!

By Saud A

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Feb 23, 2021

Simply Amazing

By Consuelo S V

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Feb 27, 2019

Maravilhoso!!!

By Paloma P P

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Jun 10, 2023

Great Course!

By Cara M

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May 3, 2020

It was great!

By Dr K T J

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Jul 6, 2021

Exceptional

By Mary D

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May 29, 2025

Interesting

By Инна В

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Jan 21, 2018

Great cours

By Leonardo M

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Mar 24, 2021

Just great

By Nikolaos K

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Jan 14, 2018

Excellent!

By Megan F

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Jan 12, 2018

Wonderful!

By em b

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Jan 12, 2024

excellent