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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....

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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.

AR

May 20, 2023

The course was very interactive and offers a tons of activities. The teacher was very nice and the teaching was very easy to understand. The assignments were a bit challenging but very interesting.

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By Kira S

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Mar 10, 2017

I liked it, but I've expected more videos. For example, on the cult of Aton, on daily life of ancient Egyptians and their art.

By Heather S

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Mar 18, 2021

very informative and interesting even if the professor is a little dry lol. also contains lots of great source to learn from

By Lisa B

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May 23, 2020

Good overview of Ancient Egypt. Please not that I was unable to open any of the reading material that was linked to Penn.

By Ilse H

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Jul 30, 2019

El tema está muy bien estructurado y la información es interesante, me gustaría que hubiese sido un poco más interactivo.

By Varsha C

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Apr 5, 2020

Very informative and resourceful. However, the instructor could have been a little more energetic during the lectures.

By Laurent G

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Dec 1, 2020

Many thanks to Professor Silverman and University of Pennsylvania for all the lectures. I have enjoyed this course.

By Uzma R

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Aug 9, 2023

I learnt a lot about ancient Egypt.

However, the information and flow of the course felt a bit disjoined at times.

By Tammi D

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Jan 5, 2018

Very informative course. The instructor uses a lot of beautiful images of ancient Egyptian art and architecture.

By Deborah L

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Dec 19, 2020

A ton of information and photos. Love learning about Ancient Egypt, and would like more courses like this.

By Menna t M

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Mar 12, 2019

slightly boring way of explaining the history behind every statue by the tutor with a monotonous voice tone

By Jessica I S G

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Jun 10, 2017

Muy básico para mi gusto pero es una buena introducción para aquellos que desconocen la cultura egipcia.

By kouassi n c

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Aug 5, 2017

très bon cours dommage qu'il n'y ait pas de sous-titres en français j'ai appris beaucoup sur ce pays

By Amy F

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May 15, 2019

Was wonderful. Instructor is very knowledgeable and this was great beginner's learning. Recommend.

By Kate M

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Feb 5, 2017

Very interesting material covered by the course. The Professor teaching it sounds a little dry.

By Tamar W

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Feb 20, 2018

Frequently even with my sound turned full up I have difficulties hearing the Coursera classes.

By Mike B

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Jan 11, 2022

Very interesting. Professor very knowledgable but not incredibly charismatic as a presenter.

By Ajlan A

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Nov 13, 2016

needs more data visiualizations.. images that used repeated many times which is confusinng.

By Jaquis ( S e

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Aug 4, 2022

Great introduction to Egyptian culture and history, though I wish it was a little longer.

By joyce b

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Nov 23, 2020

generally fascinating, but far too many names and details given too quickly to absorb.

By Johan N P E

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Mar 8, 2019

I liked this course..thanksfull with you coursera and the university from penssilvanya

By Alicechrr

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Jul 3, 2020

Really great course but there could have been less videos by making them longer.

By Marly Y

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Jan 16, 2017

It needs more written notes so that it would be easier for a person follow up.

By sachin r

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Apr 26, 2017

I wanted to give it 4.5 Stars. The course was wonderful and was well thought.

By Christian W

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Nov 20, 2016

Nice and rather short course, giving a good introduction about Ancient Egypt.

By Tanya

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Apr 4, 2020

A lovely introduction on different aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization!