History 670
Course Textbooks
and Reading Sources
Required Primary Sources:
- McDowell, A. G. Village Life in Ancient Egypt: Laundry Lists and Love Songs. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press 2001. Paperback. ISBN: 0199247536 [NO BOOK REVIEW!]
- Simpson, W. K., ed. The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry. R. K. Ritner, V. A. Tobin, E. Wente Jr., trans. 3rd ed., revised & enlarged. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Paperback. ISBN: 0300099207 [NO BOOK REVIEW!]
Required Secondary Sources:
- Brewer, D. J. and E. Teeter. Egypt and the Egyptians. 2nd ed. Cambridge Univ. Press 1007. Paperback. ISBN: 0521616891 [NO BOOK REVIEW!]
- Butzer, K. Early Hydraulic Civilization in Egypt: A Study in Cultural Ecology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. (Digital copy; available for free download on the Internet). ISBN: 0226086356 [REQUIRES BOOK REVIEW]
- Hornung E. The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife. D. Lorton, trans. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1999. Paperback. ISBN: 0801485150 [REQUIRES BOOK REVIEW]
- Kees, H. Ancient Egypt: A Cultural Topography. Reprint edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978. Paperback. ISBN: 0226429148 [REQUIRES BOOK REVIEW] (NB: This book is available for purchase only at University Books of King Street, not the college bookstore.)
- Meskell, L. Archaeologies of Social Life. Oxford and Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers. Paperback. ISBN: 063121299X [REQUIRES BOOK REVIEW]
- Nunn, J. F. Ancient Egyptian Medicine. London: British Museum Press, 1997. Paperback. ISBN: 0714119067 [REQUIRES BOOK REVIEW]
- Robins, G. Women in Ancient Egypt. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1993. Paperback ISBN: 0674954696. [REQUIRES BOOK REVIEW]
Recommended:
Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. (available in the general book section of the bookstore)
Web Sources and Readings
Certain other required readings are found among these course Web pages. Students will find links to these readings on the Syllabus-pages and the "Schedule of Reading Assignments"-Page. To access these texts, click the "Syllabus" or "Reading Assignments"-button in left frame to open the page. Find the appropriate reading on the schedule under the specific date on which it is due. Click on the name of the text; open it, download, print it out, and bring it to class.