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Join our CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES

Watch this space, or visit this page from the University website to check on subjects available for semester 2.

Participants attend the lectures given to undergraduate students, having the benefit of hearing Macquarie lecturers without doing the student assignments or taking the exams! The following courses were available in first semester 2008 for Continuing Education students at a cost of $160 each per subject, comprising up to thirty hours of lecture time.

AHST 100 Introduction of Egyptian Archaeology
Wed. 10-12 am or 6-8 pm. Dr C. Köhler, A/Prof. B. Ockinga.
This unit will deal with developments in Ancient Egyptian society from the Prehistoric Period to the end of the new Kingdom as reflected in the archaeological record.

AHST 260 Egyptian Hieroglyphics A.
Tues. 10 am - 1 pm or 6 - 9 pm. Ancient History Staff.
This unit is an introduction to the hieroglyphic system of writing and the classical ancient Egyptian language written in this script.

AHST 261 Egyptian Culture and Society.
Thurs. 11 am - 1 pm or 6 - 8 pm. Dr. C. Köhler.
This unit is a study of Egyptian history and civilisation in the predynastic and pharaonic periods. In addition to the historical problems, themes covered will include the development of the state, administration, imperialism, Iiterature and society..

AHST 364 Egypt in the 18th Dynasty.
Tues. am (tba) or 6 - 9 pm. A/Prof. B. Ockinga
A study of central historical issues of the 18th Dynasty based on an interpretation of the archaeological record, art and architecture, and the written sources in the original language.

Places are limited. Full details are in this page from the University website.