EGYPTOLOGY

Proposed WIN class for 2011-2012

Course Syllabus

• Mummies• Pyramids• Novel• Movies• Hieroglyphs

• Egyptian Religion/Mythology• Pharaohs• Video Games• Sphinx• Egyptian Art

Mummies• Organ Removal• Embalming• Canopic Jars• Bandage Wrapping• Sarcophagus

Chicken Mummies

Pyramids

• How Many• Giza Pyramids• Why Build Them• Who Built Them• How They were Built

Novel

• The Egypt Game– By Zilpha K. Synder

• Neighborhood kids gather to explore & imagine ancient Egypt

• Soon, strange & unexplainable things start to happen

Movies

Hieroglyphs• Number• Meaning• How to read them• Rosetta Stone

Pharaohs

• King Tut• Valley of the Kings• Cleopatra• Nefertiti• Ramses II• Menes

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Nefertiti_30-01-2006.jpg

Egyptian Religion/Mythology

• Osiris • Isis • Horus• Seth • Anubus

Video Games

Sphinx

• Discovery• Who & Why• Truth of the missing

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Egyptian Art

• Paintings• Sculptures• Pottery

“Fine Print”

• Fun!!• Know more than 93% population• Semester Only• It is Work-you will earn a GRADE• Cost $40-$50• Limited to 24-26 students• Letter of Recommendation