UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - INTRODUCTION TO EGYPTOLOGY

Near Eastern Studies | Introduction to Egyptology
Carol Redmount | Fall 2005
University of California, Berkeley
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NES 18: Introduction to Egyptology
Fall Semester 2005
Tu Th 5:00-6:30
101 Morgan Hall
Professor: C.A. Redmount
244 Barrows Hall
Tel: 642-3757 (Dept.)
642-5637 (Office)
E-mail: redmount@berkeley.edu
Office Hours: M 1:30-3:00; Tu 2:00-3:30;
GSIs: Krystal Lords (bastet@uclink4.berkeley.edu) Elizabeth Minor (eminor@uclink.berkeley.edu);
Mailboxes: Dept. Mailroom; office hours and locations TBA; Sections: M 10-11A, 186 Barrows; M
11-12P, 123 Dwinelle; Tu 11-12P, 289 Dwinelle; Tu 2-3P, 50 Barrows







COURSE DESCRIPTION: NES 18 is designed as a general introduction to ancient Egyptian civilization, Egyptian archaeology, and the modern field of study known as Egyptology. The course provides "once over lightly" coverage of ancient Egypt and assumes no prior knowledge of the subject matter. When you complete this course, you should have a basic overview knowledge of what we know about ancient Egyptian culture and the tools used by modern scholars to study that culture.

Almost all of the lectures will be illustrated extensively, and heavy reliance is placed upon archaeological materials to elucidate the culture. Sections, which
meet once a week, are led by GSIs and held mostly in the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, which has a collection of almost 19,000 ancient Egyptian objects.

A small fraction of this material is currently on display in the Hearst Museum Exhibit Gallery. Your GSIs will use this material for section activities; you will also have the opportunity to view museum materials that are not on display.

TEXTBOOKS: The three required texts for the course are D.J. Brewer and E. Teeter, Egypt and the Egyptians (1999); C. Aldred, 3rd ed. revised and updated by A. Dodson, The Egyptians (1998); and Ancient Egypt, edited by David P. Silverman (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997).


Highly recommended as basic references are the Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt by J. Baines and J. Malek (Checkmark Books, 2000), and Bill Manley, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt (Penguin Books, 1996). For those wishing more in-depth reading, I. Shaw, ed.,
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is an excellent place to start. If the bookstore doesn't have the books, all are available from Amazon dot com.


READING ASSIGNMENTS: Your syllabus provides you with assigned readings for all of the lecture topics; you are expected to read these items. Many, but not all, are from your required and/or highly recommended textbooks, listed above. All of the books, whether required or not, with assigned readings will be on 2-hour reserve in Moffitt or available in the Information Center at Doe, which is non-lending (i.e., the books are always there for reference).


In addition, I have included on your syllabus a fairly extensive list of supplementary
recommended readings; these provide additional, more varied, and sometimes more advanced information. It is entirely up to you whether you read some, none, or all of these recommended readings. Obviously the more you read, the more you should learn. All of the books containing recommended readings are also on reserve in Moffitt. Finally, a number of the books that should prove useful for your section project are on reserve in the Anthropology Department Library, second floor Kroeber Hall.


For looking up particular topics or individual identifications (e.g., those listed on the study
sheets for your midterm and final exams), I suggest beginning with I. Shaw and P. Nicholson,
The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt (1995), and D.B Redford, ed., Encyclopedia of Ancient
Egypt (Oxford University Press, 2000) for just about everything; Dodson, Monarchs of the
Nile (1995) for kings; Hart, A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (1986) for
deities; and Baines and Malek, Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt (2000) for sites. All of these
books are either on reserve in Moffitt or available in the Information Center in Doe Library.
Please also note that an extensive list of Egyptological books in English on a wide variety of
subjects may be found on the course web site (see below) under "Books."
WEB SITE: This year NES 24 is taking part in the pilot program for b-space course web sites.
To access the NES 18 web site, go to http://bspace.berkeley.edu and log in with your Student
ID and Passphrase. Once you log in, you should see a tab for the courses in which you are
enrolled (note: the official university abbreviation for NES is NE STUD). Be sure and familiarize
yourself with the course web site as soon as possible, and check it regularly for
announcements. Please familiarize yourself with it as soon as possible. All the class and section
handouts will be posted there, including study sheets, as well as additional material such as
announcements, vocabulary and terminology for the lectures, further bibliography, illustrations
(related or identical to the slides you will see in class) and study sheets and exams from earlier
years.
INTERNET RESOURCES: There are now a large and growing number of Egyptological
references and an increasing amount of Egyptological information available on the
Internet/World Wide Web. Please use discretion and a critical eye when using these internet
resources. While some are excellent for scholarly purposes, especially at the introductory level,
others cater to more fantastic and fanciful interpretations of ancient Egypt, which are not the
subject of this course. In particular, consider checking out the following web sites, all of which
have extensive links to other sites:
Egyptology Resources (http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/index.html);
the Egyptologist's Electronic Forum (http://www.netins.net/showcase/ankh/eefmain.html );
and especially
Abzu, from the University of Chicago/Oriental Institute, which also deals with other ancient
cultures and can be found at
( http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/DEPT/RA/ABZU/ABZU.HTML ). Abzu is is probably the largest and
most comprehensive of the web sites and has many links. In addition, the NES 18 web site
includes links to many Egypt-related internet sites that are informative and well worth
exploring.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
-- Map and History Quiz: identification of main periods of Egyptian history, and placement of
sites/areas on map; 15% of your course grade.
-- Midterm exam: 3 parts (you have a choice in each part)--1) short slide identifications of
material seen in class or section; 2) short identifications of terms, objects, persons, places,
structures, and so forth; 3) essay question; 30% course grade.
-- Section project/participation: your GSI will evaluate (i.e., grade) your participation in
section, which includes completing a section project. Obviously, it is to your benefit to
attend section, and your GSI may take attendance every week. Section project and
participation are worth 20% of your course grade.
-- Final (similar format to midterm); 35% course grade
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University of California, Berkeley
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You will receive a study sheet approximately 1-2 weeks prior to the map quiz, the midterm
exam and the final exam. These are also posted on the web site. You should begin thinking
in the categories of "WHO, WHAT, WHEN (including Dynasty), WHERE, and WHY
IMPORTANT?" for the slide and short identifications. Regular class/section attendance and
participation may help raise your grade in a borderline situation.
COURSE OUTLINE:
The following is a general course outline rather than a rigid class schedule. your
readings should be done in conjunction with the individual topics rather than with particular dates.
In other words, read the assignment for the Historical Overview of Ancient Egypt when we actually
reach that topic in class, not automatically for September 8, if for some reason we are behind in
the schedule. For the required textbook assignments, I recommend reading Brewer/Teeter and
Silverman first, then Aldred/Dodson. The course is divided into four main sections.
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT EGYPT AND EGYPTOLOGY
WEEK 1 (Aug 30/Sept 1): COURSE INTRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHY
Required: Silverman, chs. 1,4; Brewer/Teeter, ch.2 [note: on p.21, Holocene date
should be 8,000 BC, not 18,000]; Aldred/Dodson, chaps. 2,3
Recommended: Baines /Malek, Atlas: 12-21,67,70,108,120,134,166,178,186-88;
Manley, Atlas: 16-19
Section: NO SECTION
WEEK 2 (Sept 6/8): DUALITY/WORLD VIEW; EGYPTIAN ART
Required: Silverman, chs. 7,9; Brewer/Teeter ch. 11; Baines/Malek, Atlas: 56-64;
Recommended: Silverman, ch. 14; Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt; Wilkinson,
Reading Egyptian Art
Section: Art and Architecture
WEEK 3 (Sept 13/15): HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; LANGUAGE; HISTORY OF EGYPTOLOGY
Required: Silverman, chs. 2,15; Brewer/Teeter, chs. 1,3,8,12; Aldred/Dodson, Intro, ch. 1
Recommended: Baines/Malek, Atlas, pp. 22-55, 198-201; Lehner, Pyramids, pt. 2,
"Explorers and Scientists;" Shaw, Oxford Hist, ch. 1 (Introduction, by Shaw);
Hornung, Hist of Ancient Egypt; Collier and Manley, Hieroglyphs; Manley,
Atlas:32-33
Section: Mummies and Religion
WEEK 4 (Sept 20/22): LIFE AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT; COSMOGONIES
Required: Silverman, chs. 5,6,7,10; Brewer/Teeter, chs. 4,5,7,10
Recommended: Manley, Atlas: 130-31; Baines/Malek, Atlas:62-63, 220-221, 190-197,
202-208, 217-19; Taylor, Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt; Robins,
Women in Ancient Egypt; Ikram and Dodson, The Mummy in Ancient Egypt;
D'Auria et al., Mummies and Magic; Andrews, Amulets; Lichtheim, Literature I:
51-57 (Memphite Theology)
Section: Introduction to the Hearst Museum/ Natural Resources (Hearst Museum Gallery)
WEEK 5 (Sept 27/29): RELIGION AND TEMPLES IN ANCIENT EGYPT;
Required: Silverman, ch.11,13; Brewer/Teeter, ch. 6,9
Recommended: Baines/Malek, Atlas: 61,64 (Architecture-part on temples), 209-217;
Quirke, Ancient Egyptian Religion; Shafer, Temples of Ancient Egypt, ch.1
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University of California, Berkeley
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Section: Review for Map Quiz; Language and Writing (Hearst Museum Gallery)
PART II: EARLY EGYPT: PREHISTORY TO PYRAMIDS OF GOD-KINGS AND STATE
COLLAPSE
WEEK 6 (Oct 4/6): MAP & HISTORY QUIZ TUESDAY; Predynastic and Protodynastic
Egypt and Unification; Early Dynastic Egypt
Required: Aldred/Dodson, chs. 4-6; Manley, Atlas: 12-15, 20-23; Lehner, Pyramids: 75-
81
Recommended: Spencer, Early Egypt (1993), Introduction, chs. 1-4; Midant-Reynes,
Prehistory of Egypt; Hornung, Hist of Ancient Egypt, pp. 1-12; Shaw, Oxford
Hist, chs. 2-4(Prehistory through the Emergence of the Egyptian State); Wilkinson,
Early Dynastic Egypt
Section: Open House I: Predynastic through MK (Hearst Museum Basement)
WEEK 7 (Oct 11/13): Introduction to OK, Saqqara Step Pyramid; Kingship and the Osiris
Myth
Required: Silverman, chs. 8, 12:168-9, 178-9; Aldred/Dodson, ch.: 92-102, ch. 14;
Lehner, Pyramids: 84-94; Manley, Atlas:15-16, 24-29
Recommended: Shaw, Oxford Hist, ch.5 (OK by Malek); Spencer, Early Egypt (1993),
ch.5; Lehner, Pyramids, pp. 12-19; PtI Section: Open House II: Daily Life (Hearst
Museum Basement)
Section: Video: The Scorpion King; Part I of Section Project due
WEEK 8 (Oct 18/20): Dynasty 4 and the Giza Plateau; Sun Temples and Dynasty 5 and 6
Pyramids
Required: Silverman, ch 12:170-177,180-189; Brewer and Teeter, ch. 4; Aldred/Dodson,
ch. 7: 102-107, ch.8: 109-113; Lehner, Pyramids: 106-119, 122-137, 142-163
Recommended: Lehner, Pyramids: 200-225, 228-239; Egyptian Art in the Age of the
Pyramids; Lichtheim, Literature I: 29-50 (Pyramid texts);
Section: MIDTERM REVIEW
WEEK 9 (Oct 25/27): OK Mastabas; Social Breakdown/First Intermediate Period;
MIDTERM THURSDAY
Required: Brewer/Teeter, ch. 11; Aldred/Dodson, ch. 8: 113-121; ch. 9;
Recommended: Lehner, Pyramids: 22-35, 138-163; Ben-Tor, Scarab
Section: Open House II (Hearst Museum Basement)
PART III: POWER AND GLORY: DEVELOPMENT AND FLOWERING OF IMPERIAL EGYPT
WEEK 10 (Nov 1/3) MK Dyn 11 Recovery (Nebhepetre Mentuhotep in Deir el-Bahri); MK
Dyn 12
Required: Silverman, ch. 12: 190-91; Aldred/Dodson, ch. 10; Manley, Atlas:34-37, 42-51
Recommended: Hornung, Hist of Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom chapter; Lehner,
Pyramids: 166-183, 226-27; Shaw, Oxford Hist, ch. 7 (MK, by Callender);
Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewelry; Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals: Egyptian
Art in the Middle Kingdom
Section: Video: Age of Gold
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University of California, Berkeley
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WEEK 11 (Nov 8/10): Egyptian Literature; SIP: Hyksos and Kerma
Required: Lichtheim, Literature I: 3-12 (Literary Genres/Literary Styles); Aldred/Dodson,
ch. 11, Manley, Atlas:37-41, 52-57
Recommended: Lichteim, Literature (all 3 volumes; selections from whatever interests
you); Strudwicks, Thebes: 28-31; Bietak, Avaris: The Capital of the Hyksos;
Hornung, Hist of Ancient Egypt, pp. 70-75; Shaw, Oxford Hist, ch. 8 (SIP, by
Bourriau)
Section: King Tut’s Tomb; Part II of Section Project due
WEEK 12 (Nov 15/17): New Kingdom Egypt and Amarna
Required: Aldred/Dodson, ch. 12; Silverman, ch. 3; Manley, Atlas:58-89,92-99;
Strudwicks, Thebes: 95-119
Recommended: Manley, Atlas: 58-109 (III: New Kingdom); Hornung, Hist, ch. on New
Kingdom; Shaw, Oxford Hist, chs. 9,10 (NK); Reeves, Complete Valley of the
Kings; Reeves, Complete Tutankhamun; Lichteim, Literature II: 48-51, 89-100
(Amarna Inscriptions)
Section: Open House III (Hearst Museum Basement)
WEEK 13 (Nov 22/NO CLASS Nov 24, Thanksgiving): New Kingdom Thebes
Required: Strudwicks, Thebes: 44-62, 67-91, 139, 148-52, 153-58, 161-66, 168-69, 174-
97
Recommended: Manley, Atlas:86, 108-109; Baines/Malek, Atlas:84-107; Lehner,
Pyramids: 188-93; Shaw, Oxford Hist, ch. 10 (Amarna and Later New Kingdom,
by Van Dijk); Shafer, Temples of Ancient Egypt, chs. 3,4; Freed, Egypt's Golden
Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom
Section: NO SECTION (Thanksgiving Weekend)
PART IV: A NEW WORLD ORDER: FOREIGNERS & EGYPTIANS IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM
BCE
WEEK 14 (Nov 29/Dec 1): Tanis, and Libyans; Nubian Dynasty 25
Required: Silverman, ch. 14; Alded/Dodson, ch. 13: 175-180; Mysliwiec, Twilight of
Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E. (Dualistic Vision; Amun's Two Capitals;
Kushites in Egypt); Manley, Atlas: 89-91,100-107, 118-19, 124-25
Recommended: Shaw, Oxford Hist, ch.12 (TIP, by Taylor); Lehner, Pyramids: 194-
199
Section: Video: Cleopatra; Parts III and IV of Section Project due
WEEK 15 (Dec 6/8): Late Period and Graeco-Roman Egypt
Required: Alded/Dodson, ch. 13: 180-183; Manley, Atlas: 110-17,120-23, 126-129;
Mysliwiec, Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E. (Saite
Reanaissance, Persians and Greeks; Last Thousand Years)
Recommended: Ellis, Graeco-Roman Egypt (Shire Egyptology 17); Shaw, Oxford Hist
of Ancient Egypt, chs, 13 (Late Period, by Lloyd), 14 (Ptolemaic Period by Lloyd),
and 15 (Roman Period, by Peacock); Bowman, Egypt After the Pharaohs;
Chaveau, Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: Hist and Society under the
Ptolemies; Shafer, Temples of Ancient Egypt, ch. 5
Section: REVIEW FOR FINAL
FINAL EXAM GROUP 14: FINAL EXAM SATURDAY 12/17, 12:30-3:30
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A NOTE ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PLAGIARISM
The standard penalty for violations of academic integrity in this course will be an F
grade for the course. Such violations include cheating on an exam, helping someone else to
cheat, resubmitting a paper written for another class, and plagiarism. Be warned: GSIs are
quite experienced at detecting such deception.
Plagiarism is the representation of someone else’s words or ideas as one’s own.
Students and others often misunderstand what plagiarism is, and its seriousness as
academic misconduct. The most egregious cases of plagiarism are easy to avoid because
they are so obviously dishonest:
♦ Wholesale copying of passages from works of others into one’s homework, essay,
term paper, or dissertation without acknowledgment.
♦ Using the views, opinions, or insights of another without acknowledgment.
♦ Paraphrasing another person’s characteristic or original phraseology, metaphor, or
other literary device without acknowledgment.
♦ Turning in someone else’s paper as your own
♦ Allowing someone else to turn in a copy of your paper as his or her own
♦ Downloading a paper from the internet and altering it a little to fit the class
♦ Employing a “research service”
Other cases of plagiarism are more subtle. Sometimes students plagiarize
unwittingly, out of carelessness or ignorance of the standards for attributing ideas to their
sources. However, ignorance is no excuse. You are responsible for knowing the standards
and taking care to follow them.
Whenever you make use of another’s words or ideas in a paper, you must give
proper credit. Usually this means inserting a footnote or a parenthetical reference. If you’re
not sure how to give a proper reference, consult a style guide or your GSI. Your GSI can
also answer questions about when you must give a reference. If in doubt, play it safe.
You must provide a reference not only when you use the exact words of another, but
also when you paraphrase her words, summarize her ideas, or borrow her metaphors. When
you do use someone’s exact words, be sure to mark them as such, either by putting them in
quotation marks or by setting them off from the main text and indenting them on both
sides. Be careful not to change the wording at all in a direct quotation; if you must change
it, use square brackets to indicate your changes.
When you paraphrase, state the author’s ideas in your own words. Don’t just
rearrange the words in the sentence and replace some of the words with synonyms. Note:
even though you’re using your own words, you still need to give a reference, since the idea
is not yours. Finally, if you work with another student on your paper, acknowledge this in a
footnote.