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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....

Top reviews

AB

Jan 4, 2025

I always been intrigued with egypt history, and I wanted to start somewhere, After completing this, it gave me a complete walkthrough of ancient egypt which allows me to do better research in future

JR

Nov 23, 2020

I have really enjoyed this course, the quality and content have been amazing.I have learned so much and have enjoyed reading the Prof’s book. I looked forward to the next challenge.Janet (Penn U)😀

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By mark s

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May 7, 2021

some of the research was hard to find

By Abram y

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May 26, 2020

فى بعض الفيديوهات غير مترجمة بالعربية

By laura b b

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Mar 4, 2018

Good, clear and well balanced. less t

By Namita s

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Feb 2, 2025

Useful to learn more about egypt

By Christopher D

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Oct 11, 2017

Very interesting and informative

By Zona Z

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May 21, 2021

presentation was a little off.

By Swarnendu B

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Oct 5, 2024

Very informative and useful.

By John T R

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Jul 11, 2022

Interesting and informative

By Marisha W

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Sep 5, 2017

Enjoyable course. Thank you!

By Gary S

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Mar 5, 2022

it was ok easy to follow

By Joy F

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Aug 19, 2022

Interesting information.

By Varun N

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May 26, 2020

Good one for beginners

By Robert B C

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Jan 14, 2019

Very intensive course!

By Joyce U

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Apr 14, 2019

I'm learning so much.

By Elisabetta F

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Oct 9, 2017

It's interesting .

By Olivia B

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May 12, 2022

Very interesting

By Satyaki S

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Sep 21, 2024

very insightful

By markhen G

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Apr 24, 2020

Love course

By Catherine F

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Jun 16, 2019

Interesting.

By Jp C

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May 29, 2017

Interesting

By Jamima S

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Jul 6, 2019

Loved it!

By EL B M

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Apr 27, 2019

NICE

By Ygor K B

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Feb 19, 2019

good

By Brinda J

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Dec 5, 2016

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By Mylène

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Dec 16, 2016

The course was extremely easy. I hoped it would be more of a challenge. No homework, only a 10 questions test every week (that is also extremely easy). As someone who's always been interested in Ancient Egypt, I already knew some things and ended up being able to pass the tests with 90-100% without even following the course. It's really an introduction for people who are pretty much new to the subject, so I'd recommend it, but for people who are looking for something more, you might find it boring. Even though the teacher is nice, the description of the course made me hope that it would be more interesting visually. I mostly read the transcriptions instead of watching the videos, because the teacher would just stand there and talk without moving, and it was not stimulating to me.