The course deals with particular aspects of Egypt’s archaeology, history and social history, from Prehistoric to Islamic periods. Archaeology draws its knowledge from the material remains, such as e.g. architecture, burials, and pottery in their social and archaeological context to reconstruct social and political history, development of hierarchy, power and ideology etc.. Egyptology is based on textual evidence and reconstructs e.g. the religion, philosophy, literature, the understanding of science and social history from texts and material. There will also be an introduction to the theory and methods of Archaeology and Egyptology, so that the sources of information and how they can be approach will be discussed. Eksaminanden opgiver 1100-1300 normalsider på niveau svarende til K. A. Bard, An Introduction to the Archaeology of Egypt (London: Routledge, 2009); E. Hornung, History of Ancient Egypt (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press); B. J. Kemp, Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization (Routledge: London, NB: Second Edition 2006); S. Quirke, Ancient Egyptian Religion (London: British Museum Press); W. S. Smith, The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (Yale: Yale University Press, revised edition by W. K. Simpson, 1998). Can you summarize the main topics covered in the course on Egypt's archaeology, history, and social history, and explain how archaeology and Egyptology are used to reconstruct the past?

2. Choose five archaeological objects from Tutankhamun’s Tomb. For each object, students must create a fact file containing the following:A picture of the itemA description of the item, written in point form in their own words.Identify the location of the object within the tombMaterials used to create this objectOutline of decorations and inscriptions on the objectRelationship to other items within the tombExplanation of how historians can use this item to learn about life in New Kingdom Egypt. Refer to things such as; trade, daily and family life, religion, the role of the pharaoh, government, burial customs, structure of society. (100 words)

Review the text.Archaeology is the study of human culture through the examination of physical objects. These items may be anything humans created or used in the past.The materials archaeologists study fall into two categories: features and artifacts. Some well-known features include the Egyptian pyramids, the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru, and the sunken ship Titanic. Movable objects like tools, human bones, handcrafts, and clothing are examples of artifacts.Archaeologists might study a New York building constructed in the 1920s, or they might examine camp bedding left in a South African cave more than two hundred thousand years ago. Archaeologists hope objects like these will provide clues about past human cultures.Which best shows that the author's purpose is to inform readers about the field of archaeology?

Egyptian funerary manuscripts, written to help guide the dead through the difficulties they would encounter on the way to the afterlife.Group of answer choicescuneiformBook of the Deadpharaohma’at

apital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom

adapted from Tombs of the First Egyptian Dynastyby Ludwig Borchardt, Ph.D.     For many years, various European collections of Egyptian antiquities have contained a certain series of objects which raised questions for archaeologists. There were vases of a peculiar form and color, greenish plates of slate, many of them in curious animal forms, and other similar objects. It was known that these objects had been found in Egypt, but it was impossible to assign them a place in the known periods of Egyptian art. The puzzle was made more difficult by certain plates of slate with hunting and battle scenes, and other representations in relief, in a style so strange that many investigators considered them products of the art of Western Asia.Petrie: Nile Excavation     The first light was thrown on the question in the winter of 1894-95 by the excavations of Flinders Petrie on the west bank of the Nile. There he discovered a very large necropolis in which he examined about three thousand graves. They all contained the same kinds of pottery and the same slate tablets mentioned above, and many other objects which did not seem to be Egyptian. Petrie assumed they represented the art of a foreign people—perhaps the Libyans—who had resided in Egypt in the time between the old and the middle kingdoms. However, his theory met with little approval, and in spite of much discussion among his colleagues, the question remained unanswered.Amelineau: Abydos Excavation     About the same time, another riddle presented itself to Egyptologists through the excavations in Abydos, by the scholar Amelineau. Amelineau excavated several large tombs and also found objects which could not be placed in the known development of Egyptian art. The scholar ascribed these to the dynasties of the demigods, who, according to Egyptian tradition, reigned before the kings. Of course, this idea also met with opposition. The mystery, however, would later be solved when someone noticed that a statue in the Gizeh Museum bore the same name, "Horus," as many of the pieces found by Amelineau. This accidental discovery made it evident that the pieces found during the excavation must be from the same period as the statue, which dates from the earliest period of Egyptian history. Later excavations proved the discovery dated to the oldest king and founder of the first Egyptian monarchy.7Read the following sentence from the passage.The puzzle was made more difficult by certain plates of slate with hunting and battle scenes, and other representations in relief, in a style so strange that many investigators considered them products of the art of Western Asia.How does the phrase a style so strange affect the tone of the passage? A. It conveys a mysterious tone that shows researchers have difficulty determining the origins of certain objects. B. It conveys a disillusioned tone that shows the frustration researchers feel about not being able to identify certain objects. C. It conveys a skeptical tone that shows researchers are unable to arrive at a unanimous decision. D. It conveys a sentimental tone that shows researchers remember small details about their finds.