Exploring Egypt: From the Pharaohs to Cleopatra
Course Description:
Travel to Egypt and London this January to explore the monuments, artifacts, and topography of ancient Egypt from the origins of its complex society to post-pharaonic times. Study the pyramids, visit Luxor, the Valley of the Kings, mortuary temples, and Ptolemaic temples.
The course will focus on the world of the pharaohs, but will also include sites and museums that are relevant to Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Christian Egypt. There will be a particular emphasis on integrating the rich collections of the Cairo Egyptian Museum and the British Museum in London, in order to better understand the continuity and change in the history, art, literature, society, religion, and world views of ancient Egypt. In London, we will have the opportunity to interview Egyptologists.
Course Objectives:
• Demonstrate and analyze why continuity dominates over change.
• Identify the many non-Western elements in ancient Egyptian culture, despite its influence on the West.
• Categorize attitudes toward the past from an analysis of both ancient and contemporary sources.
Course Credit:
CLAS 222 (4 credits). Classics department credit. Non-GUR elective credit. This course is open to all students / majors as elective credit.
Program Fee:
$5,395. Includes airfare, lodging, visas fees, program-related excursions and entrance fees. Meals not included. Does not include the cost of recommended immunizations. See PLU Health Services website for recommendations and costs.
Application Deadline:
April 18, 2008. A non-refundable deposit of $50.00 is required with the application. A $250.00 non-refundable program payment is due within 10 days of notification of acceptance to confirm participation in the course. Maximum of 18 students.
Faculty Leaders:
Dr. Rochelle Snee, Associate Professor of Classics
253-535-7220 or sneere@plu.edu
Dr. Donald Ryan, Archeologist and Lecturer, Humanities
253-535-7321 or ryandp@plu.edu