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Humanities & Science
History: Ancient Egypt: Decorated Tombs of Thebes
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Course details
Course code
Q00017284Course date
Start: 25/09/24
End: 23/10/24
Number of classes
5 sessionsTutor
John BillmanFee range
Free to £37.00
How you'll learn
Venue
OnlineLevel of study
Availability
This course is for early booking only.
Course overview
In this course suitable for newcomers to the subject as well as those with previous experience, we will be studying ancient Egyptian art through the decorated tombs of ancient Thebes (modern-day Luxor). Through a series of visually rich sessions a wide range of tomb scenes will be studied with a focus on both understanding what these scenes represent while also considering aspects of style and purpose. We will see how scenes can be replicated or adapted across tombs as well as less typical tomb scenes potentially representing the agency of the tomb owner.
This course is for early booking only.
Course description
The role of this course is to support you to recognise and understand ancient Egyptian tomb scenes. Ancient Thebes has over 500 decorated tombs providing a rich set of material to study tomb decoration. Ancient Egyptian elites would lavish their resources in their lifetime to prepare a tomb, a residence for eternity. Additionally, for those who could afford it such tombs were decorated with scenes designed to provide resurrection, substance and create a world representing the perfect afterlife. Our selection of tombs will enable us to see differences in the choices made by different groups of people. The scenes included in the small tomb of a necropolis worker from Deir el-Medina will vary from those nearby in the tomb of a vizier (prime minister). We will spend most of the course focusing on the more numerous New Kingdom tombs of the area, but Middle Kingdom and Late Period tomb scenes will also be covered supporting an analysis of the development and continuity of such scenes over more than a millennium. The course is designed to be visual with an emphasis on the recognition and interpretation of scenes, with consideration for style, execution, and the purpose of such scenes.
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