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Ancient Egyptian Literature - AHIS272

This unit introduces students to the corpus of literary texts from Ancient Egypt. Students read and analyse a representative selection of primary sources in English translation. These texts cover a variety of genres ranging from tales and teachings to biographies, dialogues and satires, as well as poetry and songs. They date from the Old Kingdom (c. 2500 BC) to the Late New Kingdom (c. 1000 BC).

Credit Points: 3
When Offered:

2013 - Next offered in 2013

Staff Contact(s): Dr Susanne Binder
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Assessed As: Graded
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Department of Ancient History

Faculty of Arts

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