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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 ...
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Top reviews

AB

Jan 3, 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

JM

Oct 17, 2022

T​his course offers a comprehensive introduction to Ancient Egypt and its civilization. By taking this course, you gain a understanding of basic concepts of the Anicent Egyptian life and afterlife.

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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 4, 2024

Very informative and useful.

By John T R

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Jul 10, 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 13, 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.

By Irena M

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Aug 2, 2021

The first three weeks of the course are rather bland and hard to follow. They mostly cosist of listing the pharaohs and the gods. The later weeks are more interesting and easier to follow as the lectures have more narrative. The presentations appear sterile and robotic, difficult to relate to. This feature of the course has less to do with the instructor (he appears quite engaging in the last lecture where he interviews one of the preservation specialist. The videos are overproduced; the instructor is not looking into the camera. Most of us chose to study through MOOCs rather than just reading the material because of personal connection, even an imitated one. The production does not aim to create one. The course could be improved.

By Evgeny P

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Jun 25, 2020

The course provides conservative vision of problematic of the pyramids. In modern course I would expect from the lecturer to deal with the controversial statements, rather ending the interesting part by calling to conservative theories "facts". It is essential to remember that the history written by the writers, the course even provides an example. If thousands years from now the same approach will be applied on excavations on Sophia church in Istanbul, then it will be declared without doubt as a mosque. For the good science it is essential to remain place to doubt the current theories and solutions, and be able to revise them once having a controversial facts. This course not trying to deal with controversial facts.