Syllabus: Microsoft Word document

Handouts:
Handout Series 1: Maps:
  1.        Ancient Near East                              (Relief Map from the Oriental Institute)
  2.        Egyptian Sites                                     (from the Oriental Institute)
  3.        Sites in the Levant                              (from the Oriental Institute)
  4.        Sites in Iraq (Ancient Mesopotamia)    (from the Oriental Institute)
  5.        Sites in Iran                                         (from the Oriental Institute)

Handout Series 2: Chronology
  1.        Chronology of Prehistoric Egypt
  2.        Chronology of Prehistoric Near East up to Bronze Age.
  3.        Egyptian Pharaohs to the First Intermediate Period
  4.        Mesopotamian King-List
  5.        Comparative Chronology Chart
  6.        

Handout Series 3: (_________)

Handout Series 4: Glossary of Names and Terms
  1. Glossary of Archaeological and Anthropological Terms
  2. Glossary of Egyptian Terms 1

Handout Series 4: Bibliography for Further Reading
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Lectures: Outlines.

Lecture 1: General info on Anthropology & Archaeology

Lecture 2: General Info on Archaeological Chronology,
Egyptian Geography and Prehistory

Lecture 3: Egyptian Chronology

Lecture 4: Predynastic - Naqada I - III

Lecture 5: Predynastic - Naqada I-III

Lecture 6-7: Introduction to the Near East

Lecture 8: Prehistoric ANE, Mesopotamia and Hassuna/Samarra

Lecture 9-10: Ubaid, Uruk and Jemdet Nasr (Protoliterate)

Lecture 11: Early Dynastic Egypt and Old Kingdom (overview), Introduction to Saqqara

Lecture 12: Saqqara (Djoser Dynasty III)

Lecture 13:  (Recap of Early Dynastic + Dyn III); Dynasty IV - Meidum and Giza. Great
Pyramid.

Lecture 14: Old Kingdom Sculpture Dynasties 3-4. Description of Art Work and
Extemporaneous Speaking. Slides.

Lecture 15: Old Kingdom Sculpture Dynasties 4-5. Description of Art Work and
Extemporaneous Speaking. Power-point.

Lecture 16: Finished same.

Lecture 17: Dynasty V sculpture. Pyramid Texts.

Lecture 18: Dynasty VI sculpture. Early Dynastic Mesopotamia.

Lecture 19: Mesopotamia, Royal Tombs of UR and writing

Lecture 20: Egyptian First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom

Lecture 21: First Intermediate Period cont., Historical Overview/Review, Topics in
Egyptian Religion
For more information, see also

Lecture 22: Mesopotamia - Historical Overview/Review

Comparative Chronology Chart

Lecture 23:


For Further Reading

Egypt:





Mesopotamia:
Art of the Ancient World
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