UPCOMING CLASSES & WEBINARS
I offer remote, live webinars and classes about ancient Egypt. Topics include religion and magic, history, animals, literature, art, and much more. Classes focused on how to read hieroglyphs and hieratic teach you step-by-step the language and writing systems of ancient Egypt.
How to Cast a Spell in Ancient Egypt
The five-part class HOW TO CAST A SPELL will provide an overview of what magic represents (especially its relationship to religion and medicine). Then, I will guide you through a close reading of several magical texts in translation, illustrated with objects that relate to rituals.
Class meets live October 15, 22, 29 and November 5th and 12th from 2-3PM and 8-9PM. Fee includes Zoom link, freely available readings, and access to recordings for one month.
How to Read Hieroglyphs: Unit 1
In HOW TO READ HIEROGLYPHS UNIT 1, we devote five hours to understanding how hieroglyphs work and learning the main phonetic signs, culminating in reading an ancient Egyptian offering formula. This introductory class does not assume any previous knowledge, and once you complete this unit, you can continue on to many more classes about ancient Egyptian grammar and ultimately reading actual hieroglyphic texts from temple and tomb walls.
HOW TO READ HIEROGLYPHS UNIT 1 has two sections to accommodate as many time zones as possible. The 9-10PM US Eastern Time section meets live Mondays, October 14, 21, 28 and November 4 and 11 at 9-10PM. The 3-4PM US Eastern Time section will meet Wednesdays October 16, 23, 30, November 6 and 13 at 3-4PM.
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What is Ancient Egyptian Art?
Since the ancient Egyptians had no word that we can translate as "art," this hour-long webinar provides multiple ways of answering that question. An aesthetically pleasing object can be given meaning through its original function, material, and symbolism. From hieroglyphic texts, we learn how statues could be receptacles for the soul, wall paintings in a palace might evoke the sun god's glory, and a simple amulet wards off a blood-thirsty goddess. At the end of one hour, you will have met some of the most famous (and some not-so-famous) works of pharaonic art and understood what it meant to the ancient people who made it.
What is Ancient Egyptian Art?
Since the ancient Egyptians had no word that we can translate as "art," this hour-long webinar provides multiple ways of answering that question. An aesthetically pleasing object can be given meaning through its original function, material, and symbolism. From hieroglyphic texts, we learn how statues could be receptacles for the soul, wall paintings in a palace might evoke the sun god's glory, and a simple amulet wards off a blood-thirsty goddess. At the end of one hour, you will have met some of the most famous (and some not-so-famous) works of pharaonic art and understood what it meant to the ancient people who made it.