EGYPT IN THE HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PERIOD

The course is part of the characterizing disciplines of the curriculum: Archaeology, Master's Degree Programme in Ancient Civilization. Literature, History and Archaeology.
The course belongs to the sectors of historical disciplines of the archaeological learning, focusing on the the adeguate skills in the approach to the specific documentation of Graeco-Roman Egypt; this approach also comprises a careful analysis of archaeological materials and epigraphic documentation. By means of this work, students will verify the complex of the Late Period Egypt, with a specific focus on the topic of the cultural memory. Achieving of these goals will contribute to the maturity of those scientific skills in the frame of the historical-archaeological context.

At the end of the course, by means of the individual commitment in the topics of the lessons, the student of Egitto Ellenistico-Romano will acquire specific skills on the culture of late pharaonic Egypt (history, archaeology), also with the reading of Egyptian sources in original version. These skills are part of a wider education in the archaeological activity, as stated in the description of the Master's Degree. More in detail, the teaching contributes to the archaeological education with the specific information concerning the topic of the course, and with the acquisition of some organizing capacities in the activities of the course and, more generally, in the oral and written communication (partecipation during the lessons with talks on the signalized topics, short dissertation). The knowledge in the discipline will be integrated with the course of Egittologia Sp.

ATTENDANCE TO THE COURSES EGYPTOLOGY I-II;
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BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF PHARAONIC EGYPT: CULTURE AND HISTORY (NECESSARY); LANGUAGE (OPTIONAL); reading of Egyptian texts may be replaced by individual program (see Assessment methods).

The past and the pharaonic tradition in Graeco-Roman Egypt. Case-studies of re-use from a cultural pattern. The course will approach the subject of the cultural memory in the perspective of the Graeco-Roman Egypt.
Aims
- Ability to analyze issues related to the Graeco-Roman Egypt (in general).
- Critical approach to the subjects exposed during the lessons.
- Adeguate skill in the approach to the archaeological materials.
- Ability of analysis on the written sources of the period, with the development of adeguate philological skills.
- Development of ability in team work in the study of the ancient sources.

All the students
J. Assmann, La memoria culturale. Scrittura, ricordo e identità politica nelle grandi civiltà antiche. Torino, Einaudi, 1997.
P. Barguet, La stele de la famine, à Sehel. Le Caire, IFAO, 1953.
P. Der Manuelian, Living in the past. Studies in archaism of the Egyptian 26. dynasty. London, Kegan Paul International, 1994.
Other titles will be signaled during the lessons.

Students not attending the lessons:
Common bilbiography (see above):
M. Broze, La princesse de Bakhtan. Essai d'analyse stylistique. Bruxelles, Fondation egyptologique Reine Elisabeth, 1989.
E.M. Ciampini, Cercando un altro Egitto. Milano, Unicopli, 2013, capp. 5-6.
Titles siglalized in the ppt presentation of the lessons (moodle of the course).

During the course, the student will take part in the discussions on the subjects of the lessons, and in the reading, translation and analysis of the texts in Egyptian language.
The exam comprises: presentation of the short dissertation, discussion of the subjects and the texts exposed during the lessons.
Reading of Egyptian texts can be repalced by a second, specific dissertation.

Five full lessons on specific case-studies, relating to the subjects of the course.
Five lessons with reading of Egyptian texts, relating to the subjects of the course.

Italian

ATTENDANCE IS HIGHLY REQUESTED.
The reading of Egyptian documents may be replaced with individual program (see “Assessment Methods”).
Graduation thesis: attendance and exams of “Egitto Ellenistico Romano” and “Egittologia Sp.” with an average grade not lesser than 27/30.

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