INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY

COURSE NUMBER ARCL 6002

ANCIENT EGYPT IN LONDON

Course handbook 2015 - 2016
Year 2 B.A. / Affiliate Option, 0.5 unit
Turnitin Password: IoA1516
Turnitin Class ID: 2970979

Co-ordinator: Stephen Quirke

s.quirke@ucl.ac.uk
UCL Institute of Archaeology
tel: 07761 823129

Office hours: 10-12 Wednesdays

Please see the last page of this document for important information about
submission and marking procedures, or links to the relevant webpages
1 SUMMARY
 ARCL 6002 Ancient Egypt in London 2014-15
This course introduces the history and, archaeology of ancient Egypt from 3000 BC to 330 BC as
represented in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology UCL and the British Museum.

2 TEACHING SCHEDULE
Classes are taught by the Course Co-ordinator Stephen Quirke and (weeks 3, 9) by Jan Picton,
previous Course Co-ordinator; each class includes student presentations and museum gallery
visits. we meet in room 106, 1st floor Science Library, 2pm unless otherwise stated below.

1. 8 October. Ancient Egypt in London: introduction. Meet Institute of Archaeology room 410.
Outline of course organisation and objectives, essay dates, literature and resources.
Discussion of contemporary histories on the modern study of ancient Egypt.
Visit to the British Museum, Enlightenment Gallery; agree order of student presentations.

2. 15 October. Black land - red land. Meet at British Museum, Great Court information desk.
The human geography of Egypt: the Nile floodplain through Sahara sandstone and limestone.
Locating materials: mines for copper, gold, semi-precious stones; quarries for soft/hard stones;
wood; clothing. Discussion of the archaeological record: how much of ancient Egypt can survive?

3. 22 October. Materials, techniques and craft specialisation. Jan Picton

Introduction to the Petrie Museum, the collection and records, and their value for archaeological
research. Petrie Museum handling class with museum objects and archive documents.

4. 29 October. Building ancient Egypt. Meet at British Museum, Great Court information desk.
Current excavations at the Great Pyramids, and modern debates over the function and impact of
pyramid-building. Relocating the pyramid complex in the longer histories of kingship cult and
monumental architecture. Visit to the Sculpture Gallery and Predynastic to Early Dynastic
Gallery.

5. 5 November. Ruling ancient Egypt.

Kingship and the expression of power in sculpture. Visit to the British Museum Sculpture Gallery.

***Essay 1 due by 5pm, Friday 6 November***

9-14 November Reading Week no teaching.

6. 19 November Wider horizons of Egypt: African, Asian, Mediterranean. Meet at British

Museum, Great Court information desk.
Visit to the Levant Gallery and Nubian Gallery, British Museum.

Confirm object choice for essay 2 to course co-ordinator by email in advance of class 7.
7. 26 November. Households on the ancient Nile.
Life at Lahun in the Middle Kingdom. Petrie Museum handling class with museum objects.

8. 3 December Ancient Egyptian Lives and Afterlives.

Changes in the language and customs of burial: reading museum displays and their gaps.

9. 10 December. Gender, society and daily life. Jan Picton

Visit to the Petrie Museum. Handling class with museum objects. Course evaluations.

***Essay 2 due by 5pm Friday 11 December***

10. 17 December. Re-presenting Egypt. Meet at British Museum, Great Court information desk.
Visit the Nebamun room and other galleries; return of essays; course evaluation review.

BASIC TEXTS
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General reference works for the course as a whole, with useful bibliographies. Refer to this list
for background research for essays. All titles are in the Institute of Archaeology Library.

Bard, K. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Oxford 2008.

EGYPTOLOGY A 5 BAR and ISSUE DESK. Accessible introduction from an
archaeological perspective.
Kemp, B. Ancient Egypt. Anatomy of a civilization. 2nd ed. Cambridge 2006.
EGYPTOLOGY B 5 KEM and ISSUE DESK. Combination of archaeological fieldwork
with written and visual sources, extensively illustrated.
Nicholson, P. and I. Shaw (eds.) Ancient Egyptian materials and technology.
Cambridge 2000. INST ARCH K QUARTOS NIC / EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS S 5 NIC
and ISSUE DESK. ESSENTIAL for the range of materials and technologies used in
ancient Egypt and for use in object essays.
Redford, D.B. et al. (eds.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Oxford 2001.
EGYPTOLOGY A2 OXF. Brief essays with further reading. Not to be cited in coursework
but useful background to topics, excellent starter bibliographies.
Robins, G. The Art of Ancient Egypt, London 1997. EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS M5
ROB. A fully illustrated introduction, focussing on items in the British Museum, good
bibliography.
Sasson. J. et al. (eds) Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, New York 1995. Essay
collection with compendious bibliographies. A good starting point to research a topic.
INST ARCH DBA 100 SAS
Shaw, I. (ed.) The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford 2000. EGYPTOLOGY B5
SHA; and ISSUE DESK (ID) INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY (IA) SHA5. More in-
depth analysis of historical periods, useful for preparatory reading.
Smith, W.S. The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt. 3rd ed. New Haven and London
1998. EGYPT QUARTOS K5 SMI. The original text is from 1958, but is still useful in
this edition, profusely illustrated.
Spencer J. (ed.) The British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt. London 2007. Accessible
guide to the history and material culture of ancient Egypt as represented in the British
Museum. Useful for preparatory reading. EGYPTOLOGY A 5 SPE (earlier edition by
Quirke and Spencer at EGYPTOLOGY A 5 JAM)
Trigger, B. et al. Ancient Egypt, a social history. Cambridge 1983. EGYPTOLOGY B 5
TRI Useful introductions to four periods, adopting more archaeological approaches.
Wendrichs, W. (ed.) Egyptian Archaeology. Chichester 2010. EGYPTOLOGY A 6 WEN
and ISSUE DESK. A more advanced introduction to different topics in a chronological
sequence
Wilkinson, T. The Egyptian World, London and New York 2010. Essays on topics relevant
to presentations and coursework. EGYPTOLOGY A 5 WIL, and ISSUE DESK (plus TC
(Teaching Collection) INST ARCH 3716 for Craft production chapter)

Two good sources for maps, not to be cited in bibliographies unless for maps but useful
background, and bibliographies.
Manley, B. The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt. London 1996. EGYPTOLOGY
A2 MAN
Baines, J. and J. Malek The Atlas of Ancient Egypt. Oxford 1980. Some of the best maps
available, with illustrated discussion of sites. EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS A 2 BAI and
ISSUE DESK

Method of assessment

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This course is assessed by means of two pieces of course-work of between 1900-2100 words, each
contributing 50% to the final marks for the course: one formal essay and one object analysis report
/ practical essay.
The Course Co-ordinator is willing to discuss an outline of the student's approach to the
assignment, provided this is planned suitably in advance of the submission date.
Guidance on preparing coursework can be found on the Institute Website:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/handbook/common/content.htm
The criteria for assessment used in this course are those agreed by the Board of Examiners in
Archaeology, and are included in the Undergraduate Handbook (available on the Institute web-
site: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/handbook/common/marking.htm

Teaching methods
This course will be taught through visits to the Petrie Museum and British Museum. Attendance at
all sessions is compulsory. All students will make one presentation per term. Handling sessions
will give students greater familiarity with the material, and awareness of conservation standards.

Workload
There will be 20 hours of lectures/museum visits. Students will be expected to commit to the
prescribed reading and preparation of oral presentations, and preparation and production of two
essays. The time commitment for a 0.5 unit course in all departments of UCL is 188 hours.

Prerequisites
There is no formal prerequisite but students should discuss with their personal tutors if this course
complements their main area of study.

Aims
This course will provide students with an introduction to the history and archaeology of ancient
Egypt.

Objectives
On completion of the course students will:
Be familiar in outline with the history and archaeology of ancient Egypt
Understand the factors in the 19th and 20th centuries that led to large museum collections
Be able to recognise and evaluate different approaches and agenda to the presentation of Egypts
past, both in the field and in museums
Develop confidence in handling and assessing museum objects

Learning outcomes
Students will:
Develop their oral presentation skills through debate and subject presentations
Develop a range of research skills transferable to all disciplines through reasoned and critical
analysis of multiple sources
Develop competence in independent research use of the Library and museum archive material
Demonstrate sensitivity and competence in managing fragile ancient materials

Coursework
Please observe the rules set out in this handbook and in the online student handbook for the
preparation and submission of coursework.
There is suitable reading for all essays in the class reading lists provided - you should also make
use of the bibliographies in these books, and remember to refer to the core reading list. Additional
reading lists will be provided as necessary.

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Well-chosen illustrations and maps must be used to illustrate your argument. They are not
included in the word count and can contribute to the clarity of your paper and will contribute to
the marks. Irrelevant illustrations are not a substitute for a reasoned argument.

PLEASE USE THE EXACT TITLE OF THE ESSAY, NOT AN APPROXIMATION.

WORD LENGTH: There are strict UCL-wide regulations with regard to word-length. If your
work is found to be up to 10% longer than the upper figure in the word-range your mark will be
reduced by 10%: for course 6002 this would apply to essays of 2101-2210 words. If your work is
more than 10% over-length, a mark of zero will be recorded: for course 6002, for essays over
2210 words a mark of zero will be recorded. The following should not be included in the word-
count: title page, contents pages, lists of figure and tables, abstract, preface, acknowledgements,
bibliography, lists of references, captions and contents of tables and figures, appendices.

ESSAY 1. Between 1900-2100 words. Submission date Friday 6 November.

Pick ONE of the following titles.
1. Are the relief sculpture palettes of the late Predynastic Period art, communication or
propaganda?
2. There have been differing theories for the rise of the complex state in Egypt. Discuss the
evidence for each theory; which theory or theories do you consider the most persuasive?

ESSAY 2. Between 1900-2100 words. Submission date Friday 11 December.

Pick ONE of the following:
1. Describe an object on display in the Petrie Museum with a discussion of its origin,
archaeological context, material, manufacture and comparable objects. (A list will be provided)
2. Discuss one branch of material production in ancient Egypt, using the Petrie Museum collection
to illustrate the argument.
Choose from the following list: bone and ivory, glass and faience, metal, pottery, stone, textiles,
wood; select one or more objects from the Petrie Museum collection as anchor for the discussion -
discuss and agree your choice with the course co-ordinator by Friday 27 November.
3. If you would like to pick a topic that can be related in some way to your main degree please
discuss your choice of subject with the course co-ordinator by Friday 27 November.

The course Co-ordinator will discuss in class how each assignment might be approached.
Students are not permitted to re-write and re-submit essays in order to try to improve their marks.
The Course Co-ordinator can discuss an outline of the students approach to the assignment, if this
is planned suitably in advance of the submission date.

COURSEWORK SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

Students are required to submit one hard copy of all coursework to the course co-ordinators
pigeon hole via the Red Essay Box at Reception by the appropriate deadline. The coursework
must be stapled to a completed coversheet (available from the web, or from outside Room 411A
or from the library)

Students should put their Candidate Number, not their name, at the start of the title line on
all coursework and on Turnitin. This is different to your student ID and can be found on
Portico. The Candidate Number and course code should be on each page of your coursework.
It is important to upload all parts (i.e. including images and bibliography) of your coursework
to Turnitin. This is sometimes the version that is marked, and it is also a useful back-up if work
goes astray. Captions and references are not included in the word-count.

Please note that new, stringent penalties for late submission are being introduced UCL-wide from
2012-13. These are given below. Late submission will be penalized in accordance with these
regulations unless permission has been granted and an Extension Request Form (ERF) completed.
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Date-stamping will be via Turnitin (see below), so in addition to submitting hard copy, students
must also submit their work to Turnitin by the midnight on the day of the deadline.

The Turnitin 'Class ID' is 2970979 and the Turnitin Password' is IoA20152016. Further
information is given on the IoA website.
https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/archadmin/Turnitin
Students who encounter technical problems submitting their work to Turnitin should email the
nature of the problem to ioa-turnitin@ucl.ac.uk in advance of the deadline so that the Turnitin
Advisers can notify the Course co-ordinator that it may be appropriate to waive the late
submission penalty.

If there is any other unexpected crisis on the submission day, students should e-mail the Course
co-ordinator, and follow this up with a completed ERF.
Stringent new UCL-wide regulations with regard to the granting of extensions for
Undergraduate and Masters coursework have been introduced with effect from the 2015-16
session. Full details will be circulated to all students and will be made available on the IoA
intranet. Note that Course Coordinators are no longer permitted to grant extensions. All
requests for extensions must be submitted on a new UCL form, together with supporting
documentation, via Judy Medringtons office and will then be referred on for consideration.
Please be aware that the grounds that are now acceptable are very limited.
Please see the Coursework Guidelines on the IoA website (or your Degree Handbook) for further
details of penalties.

UCL-wide penalties for late submission of coursework

i) A penalty of 5 percentage marks should be applied to coursework submitted the calendar day
after the deadline (calendar day 1).
ii) A penalty of 15 percentage marks should be applied to coursework submitted on calendar day 2
after the deadline through to calendar day 7.
iii) A mark of zero should be recorded for coursework submitted on calendar day 8 after the
deadline through to the end of the second week of third term. Nevertheless, the assessment will be
considered to be complete provided the coursework contains material than can be assessed.
vii) Where there are extenuating circumstances that have been recognised by the Board of
Examiners or its representative, these penalties will not apply.

Return of coursework
You can expect to receive your marked work within four calendar weeks of the official
submission deadline. If you do not receive your work within this period, or a written explanation
from the marker, you should notify the IoAs Academic Administrator, Judy Medrington.

Keeping copies
Please note that it is an Institute requirement that you retain a copy (this can be electronic) of all
coursework submitted. When your marked essay is returned to you, you should return it to the
marker within two weeks for second marking.
Citing of sources
Coursework should be expressed in a students own words giving the exact source of any ideas,
information, diagrams etc. that are taken from the work of others. Any direct quotations from the
work of others must be indicated as such by being placed between inverted commas. Plagiarism
is regarded as a very serious irregularity which can carry very heavy penalties. It is your
responsibility to read and abide by the requirements for presentation, referencing and avoidance of
plagiarism to be found in the IoA Coursework Guidelines on the IoA website
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/administration/students/handbook/plagiarism

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Strict new penalties for plagiarism are being introduced from the 2012-13 session. You will
receive details separately.

3 SCHEDULE AND SYLLABUS

Course summaries
The following is an outline for the course and identifies essential readings relevant to each session.
Information is provided as to where in the UCL library system individual readings are located;
their location and Teaching Collection (TC) number, and status (whether out on loan) can also be
accessed on the eUCLid computer catalogue system. Reading marked as essential* should be
read by all students in preparation for the class, not just those making presentations. Students
are recommended to take notes and ideas from these prior to the session to promote discussion.
You should also refer to the General Reference works listed at the beginning of this handbook.

1. ANCIENT EGYPT IN LONDON: INTRODUCTION.

Meet in room 410, 4th floor, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square.
Course organisation and objectives, essay dates, oral presentation schedules.
Introduction to the sources for our understanding of the history of ancient Egypt. Where does our
information come from? How reliable is it? Essential reference works are introduced, together
with London library resources and museum collections. Review of printed and online resources.
2nd hour: visit to the British Museum, Enlightenment Gallery. London is one of several cities
outside Egypt with large collections of Egyptian antiquities. Museum displays express European
fascination with the region, in the political and ideological framework that enabled Europe to set
the agenda for the study of the culture of another land.

PRESENTATIONS: Who owns the past?

A. What were the motives behind the origins of the great collections? Given these, can we justify
holding the material of other countries?
B. Discuss the impact of the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt on the study of ancient Egypt

Doyon, W. The Poetics of Egyptian Museum Practice, BMSAES 10, 2008, 137, online
www.britishmuseum.org/research/online_journals/bmsaes/issue_10/doyon.aspx
Eldaly, O. Ancient Egypt in medieval Arabic writings, in P. Ucko and T. Champion, The Wisdom
of Egypt: changing visions through the ages, London 2003, pp.39-63 EGYPTOLOGY A8 UCK
France, P. The Rape of Egypt: How the Europeans Stripped Egypt of its Heritage, London 1991
Hassan, F. Imperialist Appropriations of Egyptian Obelisks, in D. Jeffreys, (ed.), View of Ancient
Egypt since Napoleon Bonaparte: Imperialism, Colonialism and Modern Appropriations, London
2003, pp. 19-68 EGYPTOLOGY A8 JEF
Ikram, S. & Dodson, A. The Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for the Afterlife
London 1998, pp 61-102 EGYPTOLOGY E7 IKR (useful illustrations)
*Moser, S. Wondrous Curiosities. Ancient Egypt at the British Museum, Chicago and London
2006, chapter 3 pp.65-92 EGYPTOLOGY C 10 BM (useful for discussion of presentations)
*Reid, D. Whose Pharaohs? 2002, pp.103-107, 159-163, 237-239, 275-278 EGYPTOLOGY A8
REI
Trigger, B.G. Alternative Archaeologies: Nationalist, Colonialist, Imperialist. Man, New Series,
Vol. 19, No. 3 (Sep., 1984), 355-370 1984. on JSTOR
Trigger, B.G. Egyptology, Ancient Egypt and the American Imagination. INST ARCH TC3098
Digital Egypt for Universities page for student presentation:
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/museum/index.html

2. BLACK LAND - RED LAND.

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Meet at British Museum, Great Court, information desk at 2pm.
Visit to the British Museum Egyptian Sculpture Gallery and Early Egypt Gallery, to introduce the
geology and natural resources available for nomads and settlers in the ancient Nile Valley.
Predynastic and Early Dynastic Galleries at the British Museum (free admission). Meet inside rear
entrance (Montague Place entrance, at the bottom of Malet St) at 2.pm.

PRESENTATIONS:
A. geology - stone and metal
B. fauna and flora

Astbury, A. Manufacture of Linen in Ancient Egypt. 1985. TC. INST ARCH 2391
*Butzer, K. Early hydraulic civilization in Egypt: a study in cultural ecology, Chicago 1976,
Chapter 3, pp.12-25 ISSUE DESK IOA BUT and EGYPTOLOGY B 5 BUT
Friedman, F.L. Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, pp 15-31, EGYPTOLOGY
QUARTOS M 20 FRI and ISSUE DESK
* Harrell, J. Research on the archaeological geology of Egypt online at
http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/Faculty/Harrell/Egypt/AGRG_Home.html - see especially the
linked pdf Illustrated overview of ancient Egyptian quarries
Hepper, N. Pharaohs flowers: the botanical treasures of Tutankhamun. London 2009, 2nd ed.
EGYPTOLOGY A 50 HEP
*Nicholson, P., I. Shaw (eds.) Ancient Egyptian materials and technology. Cambridge 2000.
INST ARCH K Qto NIC / EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS S 5 NIC and ISSUE DESK
Select for comments during the visit one of the following chapters:
B. Aston, J. Harrell, I. Shaw on stone, pp.5-77
J. Ogden for metal, pp.148-176
M.-A. Murray on cereal crops, pp.505-536
M.-A. Murray on fruits and vegetables pp.609-665
Spencer J. (ed.) The British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt. London 2007, Chapter 1, pp. 8-29
EGYPTOLOGY A 5 SPE

Digital Egypt for Universities pages illustrated from Petrie Museum:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//foodproduction/index.html
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//metal/index.html
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//stone/stoneworking.html

3. MATERIALS AND ANCIENT TECHNIQUES: WORKING WITH ARTEFACTS

Meet in room 106, 1st floor Science Library, Malet Place. Jan Picton will lead this class.
Introduction to the Petrie Museum, the collection and records, and their value to archaeological
research. Opportunity to examine Predynastic material. Handling class with museum objects.

PRESENTATIONS:
A. Discuss the strengths of the Petrie Museum as a teaching collection.
B. The development and uses of writing in the Late Predynastic / Early Dynastic Period

*Andrews, C. Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, London 1990, pp 37-100 EGYPTOLOGY

QUARTOS M20 AND
Freed, R.E.F. Toilette Implements, in Egypts Golden Age. The Art of Living in the New Kingdom
1558-1085 BC. Boston 1982, pp 193-195, 199-227. EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS M5 FRE
*Brown, C., Macalister, F., and Wright, W. Conservation in Ancient Egyptian Collections,
London 1995: Archetype. Read Jaeschke pp 23-29, and Seth-Smith and Lister pp 165-173.
EGYPTOLOGY E 9 BRO / and INST ARCH LA BRO and ISSUE DESK

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*Janssen, R. The First Hundred Years: Egyptology at University College London 1892-1992.
New Malden 1992 EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS A8 JAN
* Nicholson, P., I. Shaw (eds.) Ancient Egyptian materials and technology. Cambridge 2000,
Introduction, pp.1-2 INST ARCH K QUARTOS NIC / EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS S 5 NIC
and ISSUE DESK
Petrie, W.M.F. Objects of Daily Use, London 1927, EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS E30
Raisman, V., Martin, G.T. Canopic equipment in the Petrie Collection, Warm. 1984,
EGYPTOLOGY C10 PET
Samson, J. Amarna. City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. Nefertiti as Pharaoh, Warminster 1978
EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS C11 UNI This presents many of the more important Amarna items
in the Petrie Museum collection.
Shaw, I. Ancient Egyptian Technology and Innovation, Bristol 2012. EGYPTOLOGY S 5 SHA
*A. Stevens and M. Eccleston, Craft production and technology, in T. Wilkinson, The
Egyptian World, London and New York 2010, pp.146-159 EGYPTOLOGY A 5 WIL, and
ISSUE DESK plus TC INST ARCH 3716 for this chapter
*www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk
*www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk including:
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/sitesindex.html for a guide to the sites that Petrie
excavated, major finds, and publications and links to other useful pages
www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/field09/3.html (beads and bead-making)
Useful for understanding how museums work: http://www.collectionslink.org.uk

4. BUILDING ANCIENT EGYPT

Meet at British Museum, Great Court, information desk at 2pm.

PRESENTATIONS:
A. Outline the theories proposed for the origins of the rise of civilization in the Nile Valley.
B. The developing iconography of kingship during the Late Predynastic Period.

Prepare notes from among the following for discussion

Adams, B. Predynastic Egypt, Princes Risborough 1984, EGYPTOLOGY B5 ADA
Adams, B. and K. Ciaowicz, Protodynastic Egypt. Shire 1997 EGYPTOLOGY B5 ADA
*Bard, K.A. Toward an Interpretation of the Role of Ideology in the Evolution of Complex
Society in Egypt. 1992 TC INST ARCH 757
Brewer, D.J. The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, Cambridge 2012. Chs 3-5. EGYPTOLOGY E 5
BRE
Ciaowicz, Krzysztof M. Ivory and gold: beginnings of the Egyptian art : exhibition / text, Pozna
2007. EGYPTOLOGY M20 CIA and ISSUE DESK
Craig Patch, D. Dawn of Egyptian Art, Yale and New York 2011. EGYPTOLOGY M 5 PAT.
Wenke, R. Egypt: Origins of Complex Societies. Annual Review of Anthropology 18, 1989, 129-
155
Khler, C., in W. Wendrichs (ed.) Egyptian Archaeology. Chichester 2010. EGYPTOLOGY A 6
WEN and ISSUE DESK
*Shaw, I. (ed.) The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford 2000, pp.17-60. EGYPTOLOGY
B 5 SHA and ISSUE DESK INST ARCH SHA 5
*Spencer, A.J. Early Egypt: The Rise of Civilisation in the Nile Valley, London 1993: 9-48
* Bard, K. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Blackwell 2008,
p.89-120. EGYPTOLOGY A 5 BAR
* Teeter, E. (Ed.), Before the pyramids. Chicago 2011. ISSUE DESK IOA TEE online at
https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/oimp33.pdf

See also the following web-pages:

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http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/hesyra/palettes.htm illustrations for all relief palettes
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//naqadan/index.html
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//naqadan/inegypt.html
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//archaicegypt/index.html
www.hierakonpolis-online.org

5. RULING ANCIENT EGYPT

Meet in room 106, 1st floor Science Library, Malet Place.
Visit to the British Museum sculpture galleries. Meet at the Information Point inside the Museum.

PRESENTATIONS:
A. Why were images of ancient Egyptian kings created?
B. Do modern aesthetics and art history help us to understand ancient Egyptian art and sculpture?

*Baines, J. Communication and display: the integration of early Egyptian art and
writing. 1989. Antiquity 63, 1989, pp. 471482 online access
*Baines, J. On the status and purposes of Egyptian art, in Cambridge Archaeological Journal
4, 1994, pp. 67-94 INST ARCH PERS and online access
Baines, J. Early definitions of the Egyptian world and its surroundings, in T. Potts et al (eds)
Culture Through Objects: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honour of P.R.S. Moorey, Griffith
Institute 2003: pp 27-58 INST ARCH DBA300 POT
*Bryan, B. Royal and Divine Statuary, in A. Kozloff, B. Bryan, L. Berman, Egypts Dazzling
Sun. Amenhotep III and his world, Cleveland 1992, pp.125-184 EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS
C81 CLE
Bryan, B. Art, Egypt and the end of the Late Bronze Age, pp 33-80 in J.S. Cooper & G.M.
Schwartz, The Study of the Ancient Near East in the Twenty-first Century, Winona Lake 1996.
INST ARCH ISSUE DESK COO 4
Cherpion, N. The human image in Old Kingdom non royal reliefs, in D. Arnold et al., Egyptian
Art in the Age of the Pyramids, New York 1999, pp.103-115 EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS M 5
MET
*Freed, R. Stela workshops of early Dynasty 12, in P. Der Manuelian (ed.), Studies in
Honour of William Kelly Simpson, Boston 1996, pp.297-336. EGYPTOLOGY A 6 SIM
Laboury, Dimitri, 2010, Portrait versus Ideal Image. In Willeke Wendrich (ed.), UCLA
Encyclopedia of Egyptology, Los Angeles, online at
http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0025jjv0
Robins, G. Art, in Wilkinson, T. (ed.)The Egyptian World, Routledge 2010. EGYPTOLOGY A 5
WIL and ISSUE DESK
*Frankfort, H. On Egyptian art, in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 18, 1932, pp.33-48
(review of Schfer). INST ARCH PERS and online
Schfer, H. Principles of Egyptian Art (4th and posthumous edition by Brunner-Traut, trans. J.
Baines), Oxford 1978 EGYPTOLOGY M5 SCH In the afterword the editor Emma Brunner-Traut
introduces the term aspective

Digital Egypt for Universities page for student presentation:

http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/art/art3.html
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/religion/wpr.html

6. WIDER HORIZONS OF EGYPT: AFRICAN, ASIAN, MEDITERRANEAN

Meet at British Museum, Great Court, information desk at 2pm.
Visit to the Levant and Nubian Galleries, British Museum.

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PRESENTATIONS:
A. Relations between Egypt and the Levant during the second millennium BC
B. Relations between Egypt and Nubia during the second millennium BC

* Bard, K. An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Blackwell 2008, pp

195-234 EGYPTOLOGY A5 BAR
Bietak, M. (ed.), Trade, power and cultural exchange: Hyksos Egypt and the eastern
Mediterranean world 18001500 BC. (gypten und Levante 5) 1995. IOA PERS
Bourke, S.J. and Descoeudres J. (eds.), Trade, contact, and the movement of peoples in the eastern
Mediterranean: studies in honour of J Basil Hennessy. Sydney 1995. DAG 100 QUARTOS HEN
*Lightfoot, K.G. and A. Martinez. Frontiers and Boundaries in Archaeological
Perspective. 1995. Annual Review of Anthropology 24, 1995, pp 471-492 online
Liverani M, Prestige and interest: international relations in the near east ca 16001100BC.
Padua 1990. MAIN LIBRARY, ANCIENT HISTORY B61 LIV
McCaslin, D, Stone anchors in antiquity: coastal settlements and maritime trade-routes in the
eastern Mediterranean ca 16001050 BC. Gteborg 1980. DAG QUARTOS Ser STU 5961 and
ISSUE DESK
Podany, A.H. Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East,
OUP 2010. MAIN LIBRARY, ANCIENT HISTORY B57 POD, chapters 7 and 8.
*Shaw, I. Egypt and the Outside World, in I. Shaw (ed.) The Oxford History of Ancient
Egypt, Oxford 2000, pp.314-329. EGYPTOLOGY B5 SHA and ISSUE DESK
Spencer, J. The British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt. London 2007, Chapters 1-2
EGYPTOLOGY A 5 SPE
*Tyson-Smith, S. State and Empire in the Middle Kingdom, in J. Lustig (ed.) Anthropology
and Egyptology: A Developing Dialogue, Sheffield 1997, pp 66-89. EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS
A9 LUS and ISSUE DESK
Tyson-Smith, S. Wretched Kush: ethnic identities and boundaries in Egypts Nubian empire.
London and New York 2003. EGYPTOLOGY B 60 SMI
*Wilkinson, T. The Egyptian World, Routledge 2010. Section VII, p 401-475 EGYPTOLOGY
A 5 WIL, and ISSUE DESK

7. HOUSEHOLDS ON THE NILE

Meet in room 106, 1st floor Science Library, Malet Place.
Visit to the Petrie Museum. Handling class with Petrie objects.

PRESENTATIONS:
A. The Lahun collection in the Museum as a source for daily life in ancient Egypt.
B. The purpose and use of amulets in daily life.

Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt London 1994, pp 6-13. EGYPTOLOGY E7 AND

Grajetzki, W. The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt: history, archaeology and society. London,
2006, Chapter 3, pp.131-165. EGYPTOLOGY B 12 GRA
*Kemp, B.J. Ancient Egypt. Anatomy of a Civilization, London 2006, pp.193-244
EGYPTOLOGY B 5 KEM, and ISSUE DESK INST ARCH KEM
Mller, M. New approaches to the study of households in Middle Kingdom and Second
Intermediate Period Egypt, in G. Miniaci and W. Grajetzki, Middle Kingdom Studies 1, London
2015, pp.237-255 EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS A 6 MIN
Petrie, W. Amulets London 1914 online at https://archive.org/details/amuletsa00petrrich
Petrie, W. Illahun, Kahun, Gurob London 1891 at https://archive.org/details/cu31924086199514
Picardo, N. Hybrid households: institutional affiliations and household identity in the town of
Wah-Sut (South Abydos), in M. Mller (ed.), Household studies in complex societies: (micro)
archaeological and textual approaches, Chicago 2014, pp.243-289. online at
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https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/ois/ois-10-household-archaeology-complex-societies
Quirke, S. Lahun : a town in Egypt 1800 BC, and the history of its landscape. London 2005
EGYPTOLOGY E 100 QUI
Szpakowska, K. Daily life in ancient Egypt: recreating Lahun. Malden and Oxford 2008.
EGYPTOLOGY B 20 SZP
*Wendrich, W. Entangled, connected or protected? The power of knots and knotting in
ancient Egypt. In K. Szpakowska (ed.), Through a glass darkly. Magic, dreams and prophecy
in ancient Egypt, Swansea 2006, pp.243-269 EGYPTOLOGY B 20 SZP

For a critical summary of the Petrie amulet categories, see Digital Egypt for Universities page:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//burialcustoms/amuletsindex.html
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//burialcustoms/amulets7.html

8. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LIVES AND AFTERLIVES

Meet in room 106, 1st floor Science Library, Malet Place.
Visit to the Petrie Museum main gallery and the British Museum.

PRESENTATIONS:
A. How did the ancient Egyptians view death?
B. What did religion mean for the majority of the people of ancient Egypt?

Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt London 1994, pp 6-13. EGYPTOLOGY E7 AND

Allen, J.P. Some Aspects of the non-royal afterlife in the Old Kingdom. In, Barta M. The Old
Kingdom Art and Archaeology: Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May 31-June 4,
2004, pp 9-18. EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS B 12 BAR
Assmann, J. Death and salvation in Ancient Egypt. Ithaca New York 2005 ISSUE DESK IOA
ASS 2
Forman, W. and S. Quirke, Hieroglyphs and the afterlife in ancient Egypt. London 1996
EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS V 10 FOR
Graf, F. How to Cope with a Difficult Life. A View of Ancient Magic. In P. Schfer and H.
Kippenberg (eds.), Envisioning magic: a Princeton seminar and symposium, Leiden 1997, pp.93-
114 MAIN LIBRARY, HEBREW W 510 SCH
*Grajetzki, W. Burial Customs in ancient Egypt. Life in death for rich and poor. London 2003
EGYPTOLOGY E 7 GRA
Ikram, S. & Dodson, A. The Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for the Afterlife
London 1998, pp 15-60 (fully illustrated) EGYPTOLOGY E7 IKR
*Kemp, B.J. Ancient Egypt. Anatomy of a Civilization, 2nd ed., London 2006, Chapter 2
EGYPTOLOGY B 5 KEM, and ISSUE DESK INST ARCH KEM
Kozloff, A. The Decorative and Funerary Arts during the Reign of Amenhotep III, in D.
OConnor, and E. Cline (eds.) Amenhotep III: Perspectives on his Reign, pp 96-102.
EGYPTOLOGY B12 OCO
Quirke, S. Ancient Egyptian Religion, London 1992, pp 7-69, EGYPTOLOGY R5 QUI
Ritner, R. The mechanics of ancient Egyptian magical practice, Chicago 1993, Chapter 1, pp.3-28.
EGYPTOLOGY R 5 RIT online at https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/saoc/saoc-54-
mechanics-ancient-egyptian-magical-practice-fourth-printing-2008
*Taylor, J. Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt London 2001, pp 10-43 EGYPTOLOGY
R5 TAY
*Trigger, B. Early Civilizations: Ancient Egypt in Context, Cairo 1993, pp 86-108 INST
ARCH BC100 TRI, and ISSUE DESK TRI 6
Wilkinson, T. The Egyptian World, Routledge 2010. Section V, p 310-354. EGYPTOLOGY A 5
WIL, and ISSUE DESK

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Digital Egypt for Universities page for student presentation:
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/temple/what.html
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/temple/types.html
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/temple/typestime.html
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt//religion/index.html

9. GENDER, SOCIETY AND DAILY LIFE

Meet in room 106, 1st floor Science Library, Malet Place. Jan Picton will lead this class.
Visit to the Petrie Museum. Course evaluations.

PRESENTATION:
A. Discuss the role of women in ancient Egypt,
B. Student presentations on object research
Please make sure that you have all done at least the *reading indicated as there will be a Q/A
session and discussion.

Budin, S. Images of Woman and Child from the Bronze Age: Reconsidering Fertility, Maternity
and Gender in the Ancient World, CUP 2011. INST ARCH DAG 100 BUD Read the Introduction
for discussion of gender, Chapter 2 for figurines.
*David, R. Deir el-Medina. 1986 TC INST ARCH 2420
Green, L. 2000. Hairstyles. In Redford, D. B., Ed. _The Oxford Encyclopedia
of Ancient Egypt. Vol 2: 73-76. Oxford: Oxford University Press. EGYPTOLOGY A 2 OXF
Janssen, J. On the Ideal Lifetime of the Egyptians. 1950. TC INST ARCH 2855
*Janssen, R. Ancient Egyptian Erotic Fashion: Fishnet Dresses. 1996 TC INST ARCH 2403
Janssen, R.M. & J.J. Growing up in Ancient Egypt, London 1990, EGYPTOLOGY B20 JAN
Janssen, R.M. & J.J. Getting Old in Ancient Egypt, London 1996, EGYPTOLOGY B20 JAN
(also available as a joint volume)
*Kemp, B. Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization 1989. Model Communities, pp.137ff for
gendered space EGYPTOLOGY B 5 KEM and ISSUE DESK INST ARCH KEM
Kanawati, N. Polygamy in the Old Kingdom. 1976 TC INST ARCH 2852
*Leprohon, R.J. Concept of the Family in Ancient Egyptian Literature. 1999 TC INST
ARCH 2869
*Lister, A. Dancing Dress from Ancient Egypt. 1994 TC INST ARCH 2405
Meskell, L. Goddesses, Gimbutas and "new age" archaeology. Antiquity 69, 1995, pp 74-86 online
access
Meskell, Lynn. Private life in New Kingdom Egypt. Princeton; Oxford : Princeton University
Press, 2002. EGYPTOLOGY B 20 MES, especially Chapter 4
Petrie, W.M.F. Objects of Daily Use, London 1927, pp 39-43. EGYPTOLOGY QUARTOS E30
*Robins, G. Women and Children in Peril. Pregnancy, Birth and Infant Mortality in
Ancient Egypt 1995 TC INST ARCH 2868
Robins, G. Women in Ancient Egypt, London 1993, EGYPTOLOGY B20 ROB
Wilfong, T: Women and gender in ancient Egypt : from prehistory to late antiquity : an exhibition
at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 14 March-15 June 1997, EGYPTOLOGY B 20 WIL
Wilkinson, T. The Egyptian World, Routledge 2010. Section IV, p 205-217. EGYPTOLOGY A 5
WIL, and ISSUE DESK

10. RE-PRESENTING EGYPT

Meet at British Museum, Great Court, information desk at 2pm.
Visit the Nebamun Gallery at the British Museum (Room 61) to view some of the best tomb
paintings of Egypt displayed alongside the material relevant to the period.
Return of essays, discussion of course evaluation.
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PRESENTATIONS:
Individual 5-minute presentations of the ancient and modern history of one object on display in
the British Museum. You can choose any object: use its museum inventory number as recorded on
the display label to identify on the online museum database (a) its provenance and (b) the way it
reached the museum, and bring a print-out of a map and/or picture of its find-place, if known. You
can also illustrate the object with a picture of similar objects e.g. in situ. NB strict 5-minute limit!

* http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/nebamun_wall_paintings.aspx
Parkinson, R. The Painted Tomb-chapel of Nebamun: Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art in the
British Museum, London 2008: British Museum Press

4 ONLINE RESOURCES
The full UCL Institute of Archaeology coursework guidelines are given here:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/handbook/common/marking.htm.
The full text of this handbook is available here (includes clickable links to Moodle and online
reading lists if applicable) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/silva/archaeology/course-info/
Information for intercollegiate and interdepartmental students
Students enrolled in Departments outside the Institute should obtain the Institutes coursework
guidelines from Judy Medrington (email j.medrington@ucl.ac.uk), which will also be available on
the IoA website.

5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Libraries and other resources
In addition to the Library of the Institute of Archaeology, other libraries in UCL with holdings of
particular relevance to this degree are: Ancient History Main Library; Anthropology, DMS
Watson Library (all availability accessed via the online catalogue).
Electronic resources: avoid any website that is not linked to a recognisable museum, academic
institution or scholar. Recommended sites for this course are:
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk www.petrie.ac.uk
www.digitalegypt.ac.uk www.accessingvirtualegypt.ucl.ac.uk
www.mfa.org www.metmuseum.org
www.griffithinstitute.ox.ac.uk www.hierakonpolis.org
www.ees.ac.uk http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/

www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/er has links to many other sites

Among the web-sites above, those for museums in London (Petrie Museum, British Museum),
and elsewhere have object databases which are very useful both for information and for
illustrations for your essays. (always cite museum location and accession numbers)

Attendance
A register will be taken at each class. If you are unable to attend a class, please notify the lecturer
by email. Departments are required to report each students attendance to UCL Registry at
frequent intervals throughout each term.

Information for intercollegiate and interdepartmental students

Students enrolled in Departments outside the Institute should collect hard copy of the Institutes
coursework guidelines from Judy Medringtons office, 412.

Dyslexia

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If you have dyslexia or any other disability, please make your lecturers aware of this. Please
discuss with your lecturers whether there is any way in which they can help you. Students with
dyslexia are reminded to indicate this on each piece of coursework.

Feedback
In trying to make this course as effective as possible, we welcome feedback from students during
the course of the year. All students are asked to give their views on the course in an anonymous
questionnaire which will be circulated at one of the last sessions of the course.

These questionnaires are taken seriously and help the Course Co-ordinator to develop the course.
The summarised responses are considered by the Institute's Staff-Student Consultative Committee,
Teaching Committee, and by the Faculty Teaching Committee.
If students are concerned about any aspect of this course we hope they will feel able to talk to the
Course Co-ordinator, but if they feel this is not appropriate, they should consult their Personal
Tutor, the Academic Administrator (Judy Medrington), or the Chair of Teaching Committee.

Communication
The primary channel of communication within the Institute of Archaeology is e-mail. If you wish
to be contacted on your personal or work e-mail address, please arrange for e-mail sent to your
UCL address to be forwarded to your other address, since staff and other students will expect to be
able to reach you through your College e-mail - which they can find on the UCL web-site.
Students must consult their e-mail regularly, as well as the student pigeon-holes in the Basement
Common Room for written communications. Please also ensure that the Institute has an up-to-date
telephone number for you, in case you need to be contacted.

APPENDIX:
INSTITUTE OF ARCHAELOGY COURSEWORK PROCEDURES
General policies and procedures concerning courses and coursework, including submission
procedures, assessment criteria, and general resources, are available in your Degree Handbook and
on the following website: http://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/archadmin. It is essential that you read and
comply with these. Note that some of the policies and procedures will be different depending on
your status (e.g. undergraduate, postgraduate taught, affiliate, graduate diploma, intercollegiate,
interdepartmental). If in doubt, please consult your course co-ordinator.

GRANTING OF EXTENSIONS: .
New UCL-wide regulations with regard to the granting of extensions for coursework have been
introduced with effect from the 2015-16 session. Full details will be circulated to all students and
will be made available on the IoA intranet. Note that Course Coordinators are no longer
permitted to grant extensions. All requests for extensions must be submitted on a new UCL
form, together with supporting documentation, via Judy Medringtons office and will then be
referred on for consideration. Please be aware that the grounds that are now acceptable are
limited. Those with long-term difficulties should contact UCL Student Disability Services to
make special arrangements.

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