The Amarna Period

Course review:

This wounderful ten week course gives extensive insight into one of Egypt's most fascinating periods. We will look at this revolutionary period in Egyptian history in depth. We are fortunate to know so much about Ancient Amarna because of how well preserved the city is, and, now recently added to that, we have discovered the burial grounds for the population.

This course take on a maximum of thirty student per ten week course. This is a very popular course, so book now to avoid disappointment.

Weekly assignments are given an a project is due in at the end to attain certification.

Course Content:

Week One- An overview of the 18th Dynasty- Family trees and religion.
Course handbook and coursework overview.

Week Two- A religious revolution

Week Three- A move to the desert

Week Four- Art and architecture at Amarna

Week Five- The mortuary cult

Week Six- The Amarna Letters

Week Seven- The South Tomb's Cemetery- The demographics

Week Eight- The South Tomb's Cemetery- Pathologies; evidence of an epidemic?

Week Nine- Daily Life at Amarna

Week Ten- An Amarna Legacy