The topics in this unit will vary from time to time. Students may choose one of the following topics. (Students who wish to take a second topic should enrol in AHST381.)
| Credit Points: | 4 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year
E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year
(On Campus session: No session)
X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year
(On Campus session: No session) |
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| Prerequisites: |
8cp from 200-level AHST units or 40cp
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Department of Ancient History |
Advanced Coptic Texts
| Staff Contact: | Dr Heike Behlmer |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
[Unknown]
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Offered: E2, X2
This unit will cover a wide variety of Coptic texts and discuss the history of Coptic literature.
Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology: The Prehistory of Greece
| Staff Contact: | Dr Kenneth Sheedy, Dr Blanche Menadier |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
[Unknown]
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Offered: 2009
An archaeologically-orientated material culture study of the Bronze Age communities of the Aegean during the third and second millennia BC. Beginning with the Cycladic cultures of the Early Bronze Age, the unit explores the Minoan civilization on Crete, the legendary Asia Minor city of Troy, and the Greek mainland centres governed by Mycenae.
Cities of the Roman East: Ephesos and Aphrodisias
| Staff Contact: | Ancient History staff |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
[Unknown]
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Offered: 2009
This unit will provide an in-depth study of two cities of Roman Asia Minor. Particular emphasis will be given to the development of institutions and architecture as well as to imperial relations with the cities. Students who have taken this topic, Cities of the Roman East: Ephesos and Aphrodisias, in AHST280 or AHST281 are precluded from taking this option.
Egypt in the First Millennium CE
| Staff Contact: | Dr Heike Behlme |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: |
[Unknown]
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Offered: 2009
An overview of Egyptian society, economy and culture in the period from the Roman conquest of Egypt to about the year 1000. Topics such as natural resources and the built environment, government and taxation, agriculture and trade, the structure of society, ethnicity, literacy and bilingualism (Greek, Demotic and the rise of Coptic), the growth and development of Christianity, and the fate of Egyptian Christianity in the first centuries after the Arab conquest are examined.
Greek D: Advanced Ancient Greek Texts
| Staff Contact: | Dr Linda Evans |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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[Unknown]
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Offered: D2
This unit is open to those who have successfully completed the Greek C option of AHST280 or AHST281, or its equivalent. It will consist of a weekly two-hour seminar at which a variety of Ancient Greek texts will be read and discussed, eg Herodotus, Xenophon and Plutarch.
Introduction to Coptic Art and Archaeology
| Staff Contact: | Dr Malcolm Choat |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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[Unknown]
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Offered: E1, X1
This unit will deal with the art and archaeology of Egypt in Late Antiquity. Themes studied will include ecclesiastical and nonecclesiastical architecture, settlement and cemetery archaeology, paintings and decorative motifs, objects of daily life and religious iconography.
Latin D Advanced Latin Texts
| Staff Contact: | Associate Professor Alanna Nobbs, Dr Linda Evans |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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[Unknown]
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Offered: D2
This unit is open to those who have successfully completed the Latin C option of AHST280 or AHST281 or its equivalent. It will consist of a weekly two-hour seminar at which a variety of Latin texts will be read and discussed, Cicero, Caesar and Virgil.
Monasticism in Egypt
| Staff Contact: | Dr Heike Behlmer |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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[Unknown]
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Offered: 2009
A study of the monastic movement in Egypt. Emphasis will be on the formative period and its influence on monastic movements in the West. The material culture of monasticism in Egypt, including monastic archaeology and architecture, aspects of daily life and burial customs, will also be considered.
Texts of the Middle Kingdom
| Staff Contact: | Dr Boyo Ockinga |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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[Unknown]
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Offered: 2009
A study of the history of Egypt in the Middle Kingdom based on a reading of textual sources in the original language. This unit is open to those who have successfully completed AHST260 and AHST360.
Voices from Coptic Egypt
| Staff Contact: | Dr Heike Behlmer |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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[Unknown]
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Offered: E2, X2
This unit will introduce students to the wealth of texts from Late Antique and Medieval Egypt written in Coptic, both original and translated: religious texts such as biblical and non-canonical text in their Coptic translations, saints' lives, sermons or theological treatises, but also text reflecting the spiritual and personal interests of the individual such as magical and medical texts, personal letters, contacts and tax documents. Knowledge of the Coptic language is not necessary for this unit, as original texts will be studied in translation.
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