KICKSTART

This unit includes a KickStart package, designed to help you get a head start with your studies. Being well prepared can be the key to success, so be sure to take advantage of KickStart and make it work for you.

What is it?

KickStart is a package of resources and activities in iLearn that is specific to studying this unit. Your package may include welcome videos from the Unit Convenor, quizzes (not counting toward your final grade), insights from industry experts and tips from previous students on how to succeed in the unit.

When is it available?

One week before the start of the session, log into iLearn and access the KickStart package.

Please note that the activities in the KickStart package do not count towards the final grade of the unit.

UNIT REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS

This unit will be structured following a Flipped classroom model, which describes a reversal of traditional teaching where students gain first exposure to new material outside of class, usually via reading or lecture videos, and then class time is used to do the harder work of assimilating that knowledge through strategies such as problem-solving, discussion or debates.

There are 3 hours of face to face instruction: A 1 hour seminar and a 1 hour tutorial.

• Students are expected to attend all classes (lectures and tutorials), unless there are extenuating circumstances such as illness etc. A log will be taken to record attendance. 
• For lecture times and classrooms please consult the MQ Timetable website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au. This website will display up-to-date information on your classes and classroom locations.

iLearn will play a pivotal role throughout the session and it will be your central hub for information and instructions. Each week will be structured as follows:

BEFORE CLASS | 

• Watch video lectures and take notes in preparation for class and your Module Quizzes;
• Complete short and specialised readings in preparation for class;

DURING CLASS | 

• Engage with your peers in small groups (tutorial teams) and complete the weekly activities listed on iLearn;

AFTER CLASS | 

• When prompted at the end of selected classes, post the content created in class in your "Dig Diary" to be submitted at the end of session;
• When prompted at the end of each Module, answer a series of questions on the reading/video lecture content in an Online quiz.

 Students must achieve an overall mark of 50% or above to complete this unit satisfactorily.

REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND/OR MATERIALS

There are no required textbooks for this unit. All reading materials will be provided through the MQ library. However the following texts are recommended:

• Baines J. and Malek, J., Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt (New York, 2000, rev. edition).
• Cullen, J., How to Read, Write, and Think about History (Malden, Oxford ,2013).
• Renfrew, C. and Bahn, P., Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice (London, 2012).
• Schulz, R. and Seidel, M. (eds), Egypt. The World of the Pharaohs (Cologne, 2004). ** Strongly recommended.
• Shaw, I., Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, New York, 2004). ** Strongly recommended.
• Shaw, I. and Nicholson, P., The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt (London, 2008).
• Wilkinson, R.H. (ed.), Egyptology Today (Cambridge, New York, 2008)

All booklets from the Shire Egyptology Series, such as:

• Hall, R., Egyptian textiles (Aylesbury, 1989).
• Hope, C., Egyptian Pottery (Aylesbury, 2001).
• Nicholson, P., Egyptian Faience and Glass (Buckinghamshire, 1993).
• Robins, G., Egyptian Statues (Princes Risborough, 2001).
• Stewart, H.M., Egyptian Shabtis (Buckinghamshire, 1995).
• Taylor, J.H., Egyptian Coffins (Aylesbury, 1989).
• Uphill, E.P., Egyptian Towns and Cities (Aylesbury, 1988).

Most of these texts are available for purchase at the Co-Op bookstore (http://www.coop-bookshop.com.au)

UNIT WEBPAGE AND TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

This unit will use iLearn: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/

IMPORTANT: All students are required to bring a device to class (mobile phones are not sufficient). If you do not have access to a device, please contact the convenor. 

PC and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g., internet browsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement. Please consult teaching staff for any further, more specific requirements.

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION

All written work must be submitted through the iLearn website. Please upload your assignment to the drop-box for the relevant task. Save your assignment as a pdf or a doc file (a pdf is best; please do not use docx). All assignments must include the following at the start:

• Student name;
• Student Number;
• Assessment Task Title or Question.

Any assignment submitted without these will not be marked.

The documentation exercise, object study and Dig Diary (final submission) will be returned via the ‘turnitin’ tool on the iLearn Unit site, and will contain feedback from the marker within them. Information about how to submit work online can be accessed through the iLearn unit.

The online quizzes will be undertaken using the iLearn quiz tool.

MARKING RUBRICS

The documentation exercise, object study and Dig Diary will be graded using a rubric, which can be found on the iLearn site. 

RELEASE OF RESULTS

The convener will aim to return your assignments within 3 weeks of the due date. Results can be viewed via iLearn using the Gradebook tool.

EXAMINATIONS

There is no formal examination in this unit.

EXTENSIONS AND DISRUPTION TO STUDIES

• Extensions can only be granted in exceptional cases and may only be sought in consultation with the unit convenor and with support of documentary evidence. If you anticipate any difficulty in meeting assigned due dates then it is important that you contact the unit's convenor as early as possible.
• Please avoid asking for extensions as missing deadlines complicates the work of markers and puts you behind. If you have to ask for an extension, request it before the deadline. Excuses such as ‘Getting behind with your work’ or 'I had other deadlines' do not count.

IMPORTANT PENALTIES TO BE APPLIED:

• Written assessment tasks submitted after the due date without good reasons will be penalised by a deduction of 2% a day (including weekends) of the mark gained. After five days, a mark of 0% will be assigned.

• Written assessment tasks submitted that are under or over the word length by more than 15% will be penalised with a 10% deduction. The marker will only read to the listed word limit, i.e. if the word limit is 1000 words they will stop reading at 1000 words (plus or minus up to 150 words).

• Written assessment tasks submitted without proper referencing, i.e. few or no page numbers or no bibliography, will be marked according to the Macquarie University Plagiarism Policy and the schedule of penalties, including one of the following: reduced mark for the assessment task; required resubmission with reduced maximum mark; issuance of a caution or an automatic fail.

EXTENSION REQUEST PROCEDURE

The granting of extensions is subject to the University's Disruptions Policy: http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html.

Disruption to Studies

If you require an extension, you will be required to submit a 'Disruption to Studies' Notification. Please follow the procedure below:

1. Visit https://ask.mq.edu.au/account/forms/display/disruptions and use your OneID to log in.
2. Select your unit code from the drop down list and fill in your relevant details. Note: A notification needs to be submitted for each unit you believe is affected by the disruption.
3. Click "Submit form".
4. Attach supporting documents by clicking 'Add a note/attachment', click 'browse' and navigating to the files you want to attach, then click 'submit note' to send your notification and supporting documents
5. Please keep copies of your original documents, as they may be requested in the future as part of the assessment process.

Please ensure that supporting documentation is included with your request. Notify your convenor via your iLearn dialogue box if you are submitting a 'Disruption to Studies' Notification. Your request will be considered once all the documentation has been received. If you have issues, please contact your convenor via the dialogue tool immediately.

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DISRUPTION TO STUDIES POLICY

<http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html>

This Policy applies only to serious and unavoidable disruptions that arise after a study period has commenced. Such disruptions commonly result from personal, social or domestic circumstances and may include illness (either physical or psychological), accident, injury, societal demands (such as jury service), bereavement, family breakdown or unexpected changes in employment situations.

Notification of Disruption to Studies

In order to support students who have experienced serious and unavoidable disruption, the University will provide affected students with an additional opportunity to demonstrate that they have met the learning outcomes of a unit.

An additional opportunity provided under such circumstances is referred to as Special Consideration. Special Consideration will be granted after careful evaluation of evidence supporting a notification for disruption to studies.

DISRUPTION TO STUDIES NOTIFICATION

It is a student’s responsibility to notify the University of their circumstances. All students of the University have the right to provide notification of a disruption to studies.

A student may notify the University of a disruption to their studies regardless of whether the disruption meets the serious and unavoidable criteria.

To be eligible for Special Consideration, a student must notify the University of a serious and unavoidable disruption within five (5) working days of the commencement of the disruption (Disruption to Studies notification).  

All Disruption to Studies notifications are to be made online via the University’s Ask MQ system.

Students granted a Disruption to Studies may by awarded an Incomplete Grade in first session results released in mid-July.

The following is an abbreviated guide to approved web resources as well as primary and secondary works. A complete list can be found in the Egyptology Toolbox on iLearn: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au

Some material, such as excerpts from books and journal articles, will be put on the library's E‐Reserve and can be found via searching AHIS170 in multisearch – unit readings: http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/library/

Bibliographical aids, for information and references

In order to find the right books or articles, you can try this: International Association of Egyptologists, Annual Egyptological Bibliography (Leiden, 1948 ff.). The library holds the license to the on‐line database of this resource (Online Egyptological Bibliography, OEB) with titles to from 1822 to 2002 (roughly 70,000 items), as well as increasing coverage of 2003-2012 (in total over 90,000 items). Access through the library catalogue and databases: http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/library/

Approved web‐sites with links to other good sites

Please note: as the Internet is open to everyone, there is no control over the content and quality of websites; hence each site depends on the knowledge and academic integrity of the author/s. Many websites cater for children and young adults in secondary schools or for a wider public therefore are not suitable for academic research.

General resources

Ancient Egypt Web Site http://www.ancient-egypt.co.uk

Australian Centre for Egyptology http://www.egyptology.mq.edu.au/

Egyptology resources http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/er/

Egyptologists’ Electronic Forum http://www.egyptologyforum.org/

The British Museum (web resources): http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/ancient_egypt_and_sudan/subject-related_web_resources.aspx

Databases and e-resources

Aigyptos http://www.aigyptos.uni-muenchen.de

AERA (Ancient Egypt Research Associates) http://www.aeraweb.org

British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_journals/bmsaes.aspx

Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire Online http://www.egyptologyforum.org/EEFCG.html

Deir el-Medina Database http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/dmd/dmd.html

Digital Egypt for Universities http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk

Egypt Exploration Society Delta Survey http://www.deltasurvey.ees.ac.uk/ds-home.html

Egyptological Book Series Online http://www.egyptologyforum.org/EEFSeries.html

ETANA (Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East Archives): old excavation reports and literature http://www.etana.org

Giza Digital Library http://www.gizapyramids.org/code/emuseum.asp?newpage=library

IFAO (Institut français d’archéologie orientale, Cairo) http://www.ifao.egnet.net/

JSTOR. Searchable database of journal articles (access via MQ library databases:) library.mq.edu.au then search for “JSTOR”.

Osirisnet http://www.osirisnet.net/

Sefkhet Online Resources for Egyptology www.sefkhet.net/Oxford-Net-Res.html

Theban Mapping Project http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/

Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation, Griffith Institute; www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/tutankhamundiscovery.html)

Encyclopaedias of Egyptology

UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology http://escholarship.org/uc/nelc_uee

Lloyd, A. B. (ed.) A Companion to Ancient Egypt (Oxford, 2010) Full text available from Blackwell Reference Online - 2010 Collection (access through MQ library multi search)

Redford, D. B., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Oxford, New York 2001). Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Egypt (access through MQ library multi search)

Museum web catalogues

Berlin, Egyptian Museum http://www.egyptian-museum-berlin.com/

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts http://www.mfa.org

Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/ant/egypt/

Chicago, Oriental Institute Museum http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum

Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden http://www.rmo.nl/english/collection/permanent/egyptians

London, British Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/default.aspx

London, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/search/index.html

Manchester Museum http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/collection/ancientegypt/

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections

New York, Brooklyn Museum http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/exhibitions/egyptian

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum http://www.ashmolean.org/

Paris, Musée du Louvre http://www.louvre.fr

Turin, Museo Egizio http://www.museoegizio.it/

The Global Egyptian Museum http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org

Periodicals

The following is a short list of periodicals wholly or partly devoted to Egyptology. Articles are usually published in English, French or German. They are all recommended.

Archéo-Nil              Revue de la société pour l’étude des cultures prépharaoniques de la vallée du Nil

ASAE                       Annales du Services des Antiquités de l'Égypte

AVDAIK                  Archäologische Veröffentlichungen, Deutschen Archäologisches Institut Abteilung Kairo

BACE                       Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology

BASOR                    Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

BES                          Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar

BIFAO                     Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale

Ch.d'Eg.                  Chronique d'Égypte

DE                           Discussions in Egyptology

GM                          Göttinger Miszellen

JARCE                     Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt

JAOS                       Journal of the American Oriental Society

JEA                          Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

JNES                        Journal of Near Eastern Studies

MDAIK                    Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo

Or.                           Orientalia

RdE                         Revue d'Égyptologie

SAGA                      Studien zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altägyptens

SAK                         Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur

ZAS                         Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde

General

Adams, B., Predynastic Egypt (Aylesbury, 1988).

Adams, B. and Cialowicz, K.M., Protodynastic Egypt (Buckinghamshire, 1997).

Assmann, J. et al. (eds), Problems and Priorities in Egyptian Archaeology (London, 1987).

Baines, J. and Malek, J., An Atlas of Ancient Egypt (Oxford, 1980).

Baines, J. and Malek, J., Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt (New York, c. 2000 revised edition).

Bard, K. (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt (London, 1999).

Bard, K., An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt (Malden, Oxford, Carlton, 2008).

Hornung, E., History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction (Ithaca and London, 1999).

Kemp, B.J., Ancient Egypt. Anatomy of a Civilisation (London, 1989, 2005).

Murnane, W., The Penguin Guide to Ancient Egypt (Harmondsworth, 1997).

Porter, B., and Moss, R., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings, Vols I‐VII (Oxford, 1927 ff/2nd edition Oxford, 1960 ff.).

Petrie, W.M.F. and Quibell, J.E., Naqada and Ballas (London 1896).

Renfrew, C. and Bahn, P., Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice (London, 2000, 2004, 2008).

Shaw, I. (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford, 2003).

Shaw, I. and Nicholson, P., The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt (London, 1995, 2002, 2008).

Sowada, K.N., Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Old Kingdom: an Archaeological Perspective, OBO Series 237 (Fribourg/Gottingen, 2009).

Spencer, A.J., Early Egypt: the Rise of Civilization in the Nile Valley (London, 1993).

Teeter, E. (ed.), Before the pyramids : the origins of Egyptian civilization (Chicago, 2011).

Trigger, B.G. et al., Ancient Egypt: A Social History (Cambridge, 1983).

Wengrow, D., Archaeology of Early Egypt: Social Transformations in North‐East Africa 10,000‐2650 BC (Cambridge, 2006).

Art and Architecture, Urbanisation

Aldred, C., Egyptian Art in the Days of the Pharaohs (London, 1986 and reprints).

Arnold, D., Building in Egypt. Pharaonic Stone Masonry (New York/Oxford, 1991).

Badawy, A., A History of Egyptian Architecture, 3 Vols (Cairo, 1954; Los Angeles, 1966, 1968).

Badawy, A., Architecture in Ancient Egypt and the Near East (Cambridge, Mass., 1966).

Bietak, M., “Urban Archaeology and the 'Town Problem' in Ancient Egypt”, in K. Weeks (ed.), Egyptology and the Social Sciences (Cairo, 1979), 97‐144.

Bietak, M. (ed.), House and Palace – Haus und Palast (Vienna, 1996).

Bourriau, J., Pharaohs and Mortals: Egyptian Art in the Middle Kingdom (Cambridge, 1988).

Butzer, K., Early Hydraulic Civilisations in Egypt: A Study in Cultural Ecology (Chicago, 1976).

Edwards, I.E.S., The Pyramids of Egypt (London, 1961).

Kemp, B.J., “Temple and Town in Ancient Egypt”, in: P.J. Ucko et al. (eds), Man, settlement and urbanism (London, 1972), 657‐680.

Kemp, B.J., “The Early Development of Towns in Ancient Egypt”, Antiquity 51 (1977), 185‐200.

Kemp, B.J., “The City of el‐Amarna as a Source for the Study of Urban Society in Ancient Egypt”, World Archaeology 9 (1977), 123‐139.

Lehner, M., The Complete Pyramids (London, 1997).

Schafer, B.E. (ed.), The Temples of Ancient Egypt (London, 1998).

Shaw, T. et al. (eds), The Archaeology of Africa: Food, Metals and Towns (London, 1993).

Smith, W.S., A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom (Harvard, 1946; New York, 1978).)

Smith, W.S., The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt, revised edition by W.K. Simpson (New Haven CT., 1998).

Spencer, J., Brick Architecture in Ancient Egypt (Warminster, 1979).

Vandier, J., Manuel d'archeologie egyptienne, Vols I‐VI (Paris, 1952‐1978).

van den Brink, E.C.M. (ed.), The Archaeology of the Nile Delta, Egypt: Problems and Priorities. Proceedings of the seminar held in Cairo, 19‐22 October 1986, on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Netherlands Institute of Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo (Amsterdam, 1988).

van den Brink, E.C.M. (ed.), The Nile Delta in Transition: 4th‐3rd Millennium BC. Proceedings of the Seminar held in Cairo, 21‐24 October 1990 at the Netherlands Institute of Archaeology and Arabic Studies (Tel Aviv, 1992).

Wilkinson, R.H., The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt (London, 2000).

Material Culture

Andrews, C., Ancient Egyptian Jewellery (London, 1990).

Arnold, Do. and Bourriau, J., (eds), An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Pottery (Mainz, 1993).

Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone vessels: Materials and Forms (Heidelberg, 1994).

Bourriau, J., Umm el‐Gaab. Pottery from the Nile Valley until the Arab Conquest (Cambridge, 1981).

Crowfoot Payne, J., Catalogue of the Predynastic Egyptian Collection in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford/New York, 1993).

Hall, R., Ancient Egyptian Textiles (Aylesbury, 1986).

Hope, C., Egyptian Pottery (Aylesbury, 1987).

Killen, G., Ancient Egyptian Furniture, vol. 1 (Warminster 1980).

Köhler, E. C. and Jones, J., Helwan II. The Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom Relief Slabs, Studien zur Archaeologie und Geschichte Altagyptens (SAGA) 25 (Rahden, 2009).

Lucas, A. and Harris, J.R., Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries, 4th edition, (London 1962, 1989).

Nicholson, P. and Shaw, I., Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology (Cambridge, 2000).

Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names (London, 1917).

Petrie, W.M.F., Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery and Palettes (London, 1921).

Scheel, B., Egyptian Metalworking and Tools (Aylesbury, 1989).

Shaw, I., Egyptian Warfare and Weapons (Aylesbury, 1991).

Sowada, K.N., “Black‐Topped Ware in Early Dynastic Contexts”, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 85 (1999), 85‐102.

Tiradritti, F. (ed.), Egyptian Treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (New York, 1999).

Tooley, A., Egyptian Models and Scenes (Aylesbury, 1995).

Wilson, H., Egyptian Food and Drink (Aylesbury, 1988).

Funerary Practices

Adams, B., Egyptian Mummies (Aylesbury, 1984).

Crubézy, E., Janin, Th. and Midant-Reynes, B., Adaïma. 2. La nécropole prédynastique (Cairo, 2002).

Gratjetzki, W., Burial customs in ancient Egypt: life in death for rich and poor (London, 2003).

Ikram, S. and Dodson, A., The Mummy in Ancient Egypt (London, 1998).

Jones, J., “New perspectives on the development of mummification and funerary practices during the Pre‐ and Early Dynastic Periods”, in: J‐C. Goyon, C. Cardin, J‐F. Garrel, G. Zaki (eds), IXe Congres International des Egyptologues. 6‐12 Septembre 2004, Grenoble‐France. Resumes des commu: 63 (Grenoble, 2007), 2.1, 979‐989.

Kanawati, N., The Tomb and its Significance in Ancient Egypt (Cairo, 1987).

Kanawati, N., The Tomb and Beyond: Burial Customs of Egyptian Officials (Warminster, c. 2001).

Lehner, M., The Complete Pyramids (London, 1997).

Parker Pearson, M., The Archaeology of Death and Burial (Stroud., 2006)

Richards, J.E., Ancient Egyptian Mortuary Practice and the Study of Socio‐Economic Differentiation, in: J. Lustig (ed.) Anthropology and Egyptology: A developing dialogue (Sheffield, 1997) 33‐42.

Richards, J.E., Society and Death in Ancient Egypt. Mortuary Landscapes of the Middle Kingdom (Cambridge, 2005).

Spencer, J., Death in Ancient Egypt (Harmondsworth, 1982).

Stewart, H.M., Egyptian Shabtis, (Buckinghamshire, 1995).

Taylor, J., Egyptian Coffins (Aylesbury, 1989).

Taylor, J., Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt (London, 2001).