AHIS170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Narmer, Ankh, Ushabti

• School: Macquarie University
• Department: Ancient History
• Course: AHIS170
• Professor: ALL

Document Summary

* choose one (1) key concept from the videos or pose one (1) question to bring to class and share with the group when asked. * egyptology is multi-disciplinary and incorporates the following: * 1) art history: study of the style, decoration, form, dating, technique and technology of architecture, artefacts and decoration; paintings, relief, statuary. * 2) archaeology: the study of past human societies and their environment through the systematic recovery and analysis of material culture or physical remains; artefacts, features and ecofacts. * survey and satellite images, permission to excavate, design a project, go on site with a team of people each with specific roles and expertise. record, interpret, publish and study the facts. * completely useless unless your work is published, you can only do it once, therefore you have to do it and document it right! * study of architectural style, wall paintings, reliefs and statuary.