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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....

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Oct 6, 2022

This was an excellent course in the history of ancient Egypt. I have always been fascinated by their culture & this course taught me many things that i was not aware of. I really enjoyed this course.

AR

May 20, 2023

The course was very interactive and offers a tons of activities. The teacher was very nice and the teaching was very easy to understand. The assignments were a bit challenging but very interesting.

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By Victor R

Oct 15, 2020

An exceptionally-designed course for the ancient history enthusiast which delves correctly and thoroughly into Egyptology.

By Rodrigo A F R

Dec 20, 2018

Me gusto mucho, es fácil comprender todo lo que habla el profesor y es muy entretenido que haga las clases desde el museo.

By Aldrin P

Dec 14, 2020

Comprehensive and informative. Lot's of learnings on the origins and other facts on culture and history of Ancient Egypt.

By Advise D

Mar 24, 2019

Couldn't have found a better course than this to get started on the Egyptian civilization. Very well taught by Mr. David.

By Ong L W

May 1, 2020

Insightful and well developed. I throughly enjoyed this course and look forward to taking Wonders of Ancient Egypt next!

By Gonca D

Oct 15, 2017

This course presents an excellent introduction for ancient Egypt. For the beginners like me, it can't be better. Thanks!

By Alyssa J L L

Aug 5, 2017

I would like to thank this course for giving me opportunity to learn and discover more about the Egyptian Civilization .

By Audrey T

Dec 14, 2016

Fantastic introduction to Ancient Egypt. Thought provoking and well researched. Has increased my interest in Egyptology.

By Афанасьев И А

Oct 23, 2021

Very insightful for the beginner, and very helpful for the revision, in case one has already studied the Ancient Egypt.

By Tania T

Mar 7, 2021

Really enjoyed taking this course! Well explained, and full of interesting details in a general preview of the subject.

By Shalini N

Jun 3, 2020

If you're obsessed with the Ancient Egyptian history, do take this course. It is brilliant! Enjoyed every second of it!

By George P

May 6, 2020

Wondefrul course, the teacher is brilliant I love the teacher and his lessons. Mani thanks professor David P. Silverman

By Saffron U

Feb 9, 2019

Varied and detailed course covering most of the bases you could want from Ancient Egypt. Enjoyed this course very much!

By Jordan M

Jun 24, 2020

Very put together course. I would have enjoyed it to go a little more in detail, but for an introduction it was great.

By Deborah R

May 28, 2021

Buy Davids book, it is beautifully illustrated and very helpful during this course. An excellent, enjoyable course.

By Horacio A

Nov 11, 2020

Buenos días, me gusto el curso ya que da una mirada rápida a todo lo que significa el Egipto antiguo.

Muchas gracias.

By Dennis S

Oct 25, 2020

I like the course, informative and well done. I wish there was a way to submit questions other than the discussions.

By Megan P

Jul 9, 2017

I feel that I have learned a lot from this course. I am a historian and plan on using this knowledge in the future.

By Robert L

Mar 5, 2017

It was very interesting and the Professor was very knowledgable. I enjoyed the course work and readings.

Thank you.

By Cyrus W P Y

Nov 19, 2016

This is an extremly intrested couse it talkes about pharohs, gods, and the best of all mumification and after life!

By Shriya M

May 18, 2019

Amazing course i learnt a lot about egyptian history. Dr Silverman lectures were very interesting and informative,

By raashid a a

Feb 27, 2019

I really liked this course and how it gave me a week by week teaching of ancient egypt. It was really interesting!

By sivan g

Mar 8, 2023

I was very impressed by the extensive information about ancient Egypt. The course was interesting and informative

By Florencia E

Feb 2, 2023

A very interesting introductory course for those who know very little about ancient Egypt! very well explained!