HIST 201

Mummies, Myths and Monuments of Ancient Egypt

Dr. Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom

The assignments found beneath a date are what should be prepared and finished before attending class for that day. Readings are either from the course texts or hot-linked from this page directly to on-line sources.
     

Should you have any questions, IM me at brooks HST.

Moodle Link

KV=Valley of the Kings; Temples=Temples of Anc. Egypt; Mummy=Mummy in Ancient Egypt; Lost=Lost Tomb; Lit=Literature of Ancient Egypt

Week 1

Week 1
Aug 25 What will we study this semester in HIST 201?
Aug 27 Discoveries and Decipherment

• Read KV 48-67 & Rosetta Stone-Translation (Print out and bring to class)

Aug 29 What Egyptians Built and Wrote

• Read Temples 6-33
• Read Lit XV-9
• Turn in a Question Card #1 for the reading.

Week 2

Sept 1 Construction Basics of a Temple

• Read Temples 34-51

Sept 3 Egyptian Religious Literature

• Read Lit 245-277 (Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, Negative Confessions)

• Turn in a Question Card #2 for the reading.

Sept 5  Construction Basics of a Tomb

• Read KV 14-49
• Online source reading: Theban Mapping Project: Selection of Tomb Sites

• Document Assignment #1 due

Week 3

Sept 8 Egyptian History & Burials I

• Read Mummy 15-35
• Read Lit 401-413, 418-424
• Look at Chronology in Mummy 8-12 (This is our reference for all dates referencing dynasties and reigns).

Sept 10 Egyptian History & Burials II

• Read Mummy 35-60
• Read Lit 80-90 (Tale of Two brothers); 351-355 (Stela of Thutmose III)
• Turn in a Question Card #3 for the reading.

Sept 12 Search for Mummies and American Discoveries

• Read Mummy CH 2 (61-102)
• Document Assignment #2 due

Week 4

Sept 15 The Mummy Who Would Be King (Film)

• Read Lost Ch 1-3

Sept 17 The Mystery of Tutankhamun's Treasure (Film)

• Read Lost Ch 4-7

Sept 19 NO Class in exchange for a class meeting at my house.

• Turn in a Question Card #4 (at Moodle) for the reading for the week.

Week 5

Sept 22 Looking for Ramesses

• Read Lost Ch 8-11

Sept 24 KV 5 & Theban Mapping Project

• Read Lost Ch 12-14

Sept 26 Assessing the Historiography of Egyptology

• Argumentative Paper #1 due
• Discussion of Papers at Dr. BH's House

Week 6

Sept 29 Parts of the Temple and their Meaning

• Read Temples 52-79 

Oct 1  Religious Functions of the Temple

• Read Temples 80-99 

Oct 3 Mummies and the Art of Mummification

• Read Mummy Ch 3 (103-136)
• Turn in a Question Card #5 for the reading.

Week 7

Oct 6 Burial Ornaments and Wrappings

• Read Mummy Ch 4 & 5  

Oct 8 Coffins

• Read Mummy Ch 7 
• Turn in a Question Card #6 for the reading.

Oct 10 Masks

• Read Mummy Ch 6 
• Document Assignment #3 due

Week 8

Oct 13 Old Kingdom Pyramids: Saqqara and Giza

• Read Temples 116-134 

Oct 15 Giza Plateau and Workmen's Village

• Read Moodle PDF on Giza Workmen's Village

• Turn in a Question Card #7 for the reading.

Oct 17 Middle Kingdom Tales I

• Read Lit 13-44

Week 9

Oct 20 No class-Fall Break

Oct 22 Middle Kingdom Tales II

• Read Lit 45-66

Oct 24 Karnak and Luxor I

• Read Temples 154-171
• Turn in a Question Card #8 for the reading.
• Document Assignment #4 due

Week 10 (Advising Week)

Oct 27 Karnak and Luxor II

• Read Moodle PDF on Karnak and Luxor

Oct 29 New Kingdom Instructions

• Read Lit 129-148, 166-171, 175-187

Oct 31 Convergence of Evidence: Myth, Monuments and Mummies

• Argumentative Paper #2 Due

Week 11

Nov 3 Sex and Love in Anicent Egypt

• Read Lit 307-334

Nov 5 Thebes I

• Read KV 172-199

Nov 7 Thebes II

• Read Moodle PDFs on Deir el Bahri, Ramesseum and Medinet Habu 
• Turn in a Question Card #9 for the reading.

Week 12

Nov 10 18th Dynasty Burials in Valley of the Kings

• Read KV 86-115  

Nov 12 Construction of a New City of the Sun

• Read Temples 140-141 & Moodle PDF on Amarna
• Turn in a Question Card #10 for the reading.

Nov 14 Amarna Myths

• Read Lit 278-283 and Moodle PDF of Tomb Biographies from Amarna

Week 13

Nov 17 Tutankhamun's Tomb

• ReadKV 122-129 & Moodle PDF on Tomb Discovery

Nov 19 Restoration of Orthodoxy

• Read KV 130-139
• Read Lit 431-442 & Moodle PDF on Horemheb's Restoration 
• Document Assignment #5

Nov 21 Egypitan Political Myths

• Read Moodle PDFs for Battle of Kadesh and Battle of Sea Peoples
• Turn in a Question Card #11 for the reading.

Week 14

No class for this week-Thanksgiving

Week 15

Dec 1  Ramesses I and II

• Read KV 140-158 
• Document Assignment #6

Dec 3 Ramesside Tombs and Texts

• Read KV 159-173
• Read Moodle PDF of Harem Plot  

Dec 5 Noble Tombs

• Read KV 174-181
• Read Lit Wenamon (116-124) & Moodle PDF NK Biography 
• Turn in a Question Card #12 for the reading.

Week 16

Dec 8 Ptolemaic Centers I Edfu

• Read  KV 204-207 & Moodle PDF on Edfu

Dec 10 Ptolemaic Centers II Kom Ombo

• Read KV 209-215

Dec 12  

Final Argumentative Essay due Wednesday, December 17th at 9 am