Life and Death in Ancient Egypt

About this experience

Fridays, 10:00 – 11:30 am     
October 2 – November 6 

Most people are familiar with a variety of ancient Egyptian artefacts—pyramids, mummies, gold masks, obelisks, and hieroglyphic inscriptions.  These are undeniably amazing, fascinating, even in many cases awe-inspiring, but unfortunately, they exist for us without any larger evident meaning.  There is, however, a body of ancient Egyptian ideas and beliefs that allow us to set ancient Egyptian material remains in a coherent and enduring context that might be called the Egyptian worldview.  The basic elements of this ancient Egyptian vision of reality took shape in the 4th millennium BCE and were elaborated and expressed in various manifestations over the ensuing 3000 years.  We will look at the genesis of these distinctive Egyptian formulations of reality and trace the ways they shaped Egyptian practices and productions for thousands of years.  Hopefully, we will be able to understand just what pyramids, mummies, and other iconic Egyptian artefacts “mean”.

  
Week 1: Organizing Egypt: Ideas and Pyramids 
Week 2: From Memphis to Thebes and Empire 
Week 3: Order and Chaos: What were Egyptian temples for? 
Week 4: How to live again and forever:  What were Egyptian tombs (and hieroglyphs) for?  
Week 5: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Tutankhamen: One God or Many? 
Week 6:  Egypt and Its Neighbors:  The 19th Dynasty and Beyond 

Refund Policy

To receive a refund, a written request must be received 3 business days before the first class. A $25 processing fee will be deducted from the refund. Cancellation requests received less than 3 business days before the first class but before the second meeting will receive a 50% refund. 

ALL written requests should be emailed to emeritus@spartanstrategiesinc.org or mailed to the address below.

Spartan Strategies, Inc.
Attn: Emeritus Society
5900 Summit Avenue, #201
Browns Summit, NC  27214