AH 306 - Ancient Egypt: Cultural Crossroads in Africa

(3.00 cr.)

Investigates the development of Egyptian visual arts in the ancient world, and the spread of Egyptian culture to such diverse cultures as the Mesopotamians of the ancient Near East and the Nubians and Kushites of the southern Sudan and eastern Horn of Africa. Visits to the Walters Art Museum and the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum will provide opportunities to study a broad range of Egyptian art from its coalescence in the Neolithic era (c. 4000 B.C.E.) to its final years as a province of Rome (30 B.C.E.).