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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)....

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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.

AS

Sep 19, 2019

Excellent course, very interesting topic and very well-presented. I would recommend this course to anyone interested in Egyptian history, art, and archaeology.

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201 - Wonders of Ancient Egypt 的 225 个评论（共 342 个）

创建者 Gary C

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Apr 10, 2020

Excellent course. Really great course. Thank you

创建者 Shashina B

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Jun 14, 2020

The class was very informative and interesting!

创建者 Linda R

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Jun 1, 2021

This course contrains a wealth of information

创建者 Eduardo P

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Apr 24, 2020

great teacher !! amazing information and topic

创建者 Nguyen P T

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Jan 16, 2024

It’s very great to hear about the wonders!

创建者 Kim F P

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Aug 30, 2022

I really enjoied the weeks of this course.

创建者 Tandy B

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Aug 3, 2022

Proof that online education is the future

创建者 Emre Y

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Dec 22, 2020

I like all stages and issues. Thanks much.

创建者 Sean G

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May 3, 2018

Very interesting course with great photo's

创建者 Ritvik S S

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Jul 2, 2023

Amazing; Dr. Silverman is a true scholar.

创建者 JOHN Q

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Oct 31, 2017

excellent course.....fun and interesting.

创建者 Whitney G

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Sep 15, 2022

Great level of detail and information!

创建者 Kathrine B

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Apr 19, 2022

Super informational and easy to follow!

创建者 Michelle O A C

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Jul 10, 2019

super complete and interesting course!

创建者 Esperanza d C O G

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Nov 20, 2020

A really great course like it so much

创建者 Tayriny s c

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Dec 11, 2017

Wonderfull!!! I learn a lot...thanks.

创建者 Maladaye B

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Jun 21, 2020

very informative, absolutely amazing

创建者 Mohamed M

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Feb 18, 2020

Wish to have more courses from you.

创建者 Andres V

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Jan 24, 2020

Fantastic course, very interesting.

创建者 Peggy W

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Aug 2, 2020

Very informative and enlightening.

创建者 S V

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Mar 26, 2020

Great content, pictures, lectures!

创建者 ariel b

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Feb 7, 2018

just amazing! really great speaker

创建者 markhen G

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Oct 11, 2020

I love this... learning thank you

创建者 Bindu V S

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Aug 22, 2020

Good learning of Egyptian culture

创建者 Michelle B

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May 9, 2020

Fascinating glimpse into history!