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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

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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 Emily H

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Apr 19, 2019

Enjoyed thoroughly! Thank you Dr. Silverman.

By Carlen H

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Dec 28, 2017

Loved the course and leaned tons! Thank you

By Fran M

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Nov 23, 2016

Brilliant intro to a very interesting topic.

By Rafi R

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Apr 30, 2019

Very impresive and well informative course.

By Fredricka R

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Nov 22, 2016

An superb presentation of Egyptian culture.

By Zakar A

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Apr 9, 2024

thank you for these types of oppertunities

By JOSEPH B S

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Aug 3, 2023

I can't wait to visit the museum at UPENN!

By Jennifer D

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Sep 13, 2017

A very interesting and informative course.

By Debbie T

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Aug 17, 2017

Highly recommend - instructor is very wise

By Marisa L K

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May 19, 2022

Very informative and good practice school

By Alison M S J

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May 21, 2020

I learned so much this is a great course!

By Jorge A A E

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Dec 7, 2016

Excellent course and very easy to follow.

By Vicki C

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Nov 26, 2023

Excellent introduction to Ancient Egypt.

By Maria M

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Jan 2, 2021

Excellent introduction to ancient Egypt.

By missy D

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Oct 8, 2020

Good course if you are new to this topic

By Samarth S

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Aug 24, 2020

i loved it. a very informative course!!!

By Jennifer C

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Mar 2, 2018

It was amazing course. Thank you so much

By Mohamed A E

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Apr 8, 2020

It's a great i benefited a lot from it.

By Alex B

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Aug 22, 2017

Very interesting and easy-going course!

By Joseph S

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Oct 11, 2024

i liked the lectures and the questions

By Whitney G

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Aug 27, 2022

Great information and level of detail!

By Tira V

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Apr 30, 2020

Amazing teacher and an amazing course!

By Roger F

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Dec 21, 2019

I enjoyed the course and learnt a lot.

By John V T

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Jun 2, 2017

Outstanding Course. Highly recommended

By XIE G

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Dec 3, 2016

Great introduction, easy to understand