Course: Living and Loving under the Pharaohs: family life in ancient Egypt
| Tutor: | Lucia Gahlin | |
| Day/time: | 7.30 to 9.30pm | |
| Location: | VENUE CHANGE: The course will now be held at the Kendrick School, London Road (but accessed from East Street), Reading click for details | |
| Date: | Mondays Sept 5th , 12th 19th, 26th and Oct 3rd | |
| Fee: | £40 | |
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Living and Loving under the Pharaohs: family life in ancient Egypt
In this 5-week course we will explore the more intimate side of daily life - the intriguing personal and family life of the Ancient Egyptians. By reading translations of the ancient texts, such as the wonderful love songs, we shall explore a world of romance and eroticism. Marriage contracts will tell us how these relationships were then formalised, and new households were set up. Further documents inform us of the circumstances of divorce. Central to family life was of course pregnancy and childbirth. We will explore what it meant to be both a child and an adult in Ancient Egyptian society. No need for previous experience, all-comers welcome to join this course.
Some recommended reading:
Graves-Brown, C. (2008) Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt: Don your wig for a joyful hour. Classical Press of Wales Publications.
Janssen, R.M. and J.J. (1990) Growing up in Ancient Egypt. Rubicon Press.
Manniche, L. (1987) Sexual Life in Ancient Egypt. London.
McDowell, A.G. (1999) Village Life in Ancient Egypt, Oxford University Press.
Meskell, L. (1999) Archaeologies of Social Life. Blackwell Publishers.
Meskell, L. (2002) Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt. Princeton University Press.
Robins, G. (1993) Women in Ancient Egypt. British Museum Press.
Romer, J. (1984) Ancient Lives: Daily Life in Egypt of the Pharaohs. Henry Holt & Co.
Simpson, W.K. (ed.) (2003) The Literature of Ancient Egypt. Yale University Press.
Szpakowska, K. (2008) Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: Recreating Lahun. Blackwell Publishing
Lucia Gahlin
Lucia teaches extra-mural Egyptology for the Universities of Exeter and Bristol, and lectures widely throughout the U.K. In the past she has taught Egyptology for the continuing education departments of the Universities of London (Birkbeck College), Reading, Surrey, and Sussex. She is Deputy Director of Bloomsbury Summer School at University College London. She has worked extensively on the Amarna material in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London, and chairs the committee for the Friends of the Petrie Museum. She has worked at the archaeological site of Tell el-Amarna in Middle Egypt, registering the small finds. She is a NADFAS accredited lecturer. Her areas of special interest are Ancient Egypt's social history, settlement archaeology and popular religion. Click for a booking form Click for a flyer Click for a poster Click for directions |
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