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.
Past Lectures
Secrets of the Valley of the Kings
How to Cast a Spell in Ancient Egypt
Deciphering Cartouches
Party Like an Ancient Egyptian
Historical Fiction in Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt in Creation Theology
Ancient Egypt in Film
The Life and Times of Hatshepsut
Hieroglyph Reading & Grammar Courses
Tomb of Nefertari
Hymn to Aten
Story of Sinuhe
Tomb of Khnumhotep
Introduction to Hieratic
Pseudo-verbal Sentences
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.