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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

SE

Oct 6, 2022

This was an excellent course in the history of ancient Egypt. I have always been fascinated by their culture & this course taught me many things that i was not aware of. I really enjoyed this course.

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

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By XIE G

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Dec 3, 2016

Great introduction, easy to understand

By Jesseca m

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Jun 1, 2020

This was really great and informative

By fredrick v

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Aug 16, 2017

Very interesting, makes we want more!

By Andrés R

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Jul 31, 2017

¡Muy interesante, práctico y conciso!

By Khamil K

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Apr 25, 2021

Amazing course! Thank you Professor!

By ANNA M

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Feb 25, 2021

Interesting course with many visuals

By Kristen T

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May 16, 2020

Very interesting and very enjoyable!

By Ryley H

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Apr 29, 2020

Love this course. I learned so much.

By Pradeepa M

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Apr 19, 2020

Great introduction to Ancient Egypt.

By Abhimanyu R

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Aug 5, 2017

brilliant for wanna be egyptologists

By Kimberly S

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May 29, 2017

I LOVED this course! So interesting!

By mark s

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Apr 11, 2023

Very interesting and easy to follow

By Juan P G

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Jan 9, 2023

Excellent course and great teacher!

By Shadid Y G B

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Aug 26, 2019

Excelente y muy completo curso para

By Svetlana

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Dec 12, 2016

Thank you! Very interesting course.

By Percy A

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Nov 1, 2022

interesting and deeply fulfilling.

By Eva S

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Jun 12, 2021

Easy to understand and informative

By Elizabeth C

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Oct 28, 2020

Loved it. Especially mummification

By Ксения К

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Jan 9, 2020

very very very interesting course!

By Siti N L S M

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Sep 9, 2019

I have so much fun in this course.

By Diana S

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Jun 19, 2024

Amazing incite into Ancient Egypt

By Marie F

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Aug 8, 2022

Sérieux, intéressant, documenté.

By Rizqa P W

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May 4, 2020

I learned a lot from this course.

By dawn r

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Apr 28, 2020

fascinating and very educational!

By Arthur Q

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Dec 16, 2019

Very professional and informative