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HAAR-B375

Travaux dirigés: Egypte

academic year
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Laurent BAVAY (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

The first part of the course presents the tools of Egyptian archaeological research (bibliographical catalogues, encyclopaedias, etc.), as well as the bases for a critical approach to the available sources (especially electronic resources) for carrying out a personal research; it is completed by a presentation of the main research institutions in Egyptian archaeology. The second part of the course consists of the study of questions seen in HAAR-B200, illustrating methodological issues. Finally, two sessions are devoted to the visit of the Egyptian collection of the Brussels Art and History Museum (Cinquantenaire).

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Deepen the knowledge of Ancient Egypt acquired in BA2, by focusing on the methodology of research in Egyptology and a direct contact with the original objects.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and corequired courses

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation of the research tools in Egyptian archaeology. Personal implementation of the methodological assets by writing of an individual essay. Cisit of the Egyptian collection in the Brussels Art and History Museum.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Documentary resources (bibliographic list, web links, articles etc.) available on the Virtual University environment.

Other information

Contacts

lbavay@ulb.ac.be

(appointment by email)

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Personal written essay (50%) and oral assessment (50%)

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Personal written essay (50%) and oral assessment (50%)

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french

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