History 270.080
Spring 2003
Course Textbooks
and Reading Sources
The required textbooks for this course are:
- Brewer, D. and E. Teeter.Egypt and the Egyptians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Parkinson, R. B. Voices from Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.
- Simpson, W. K., R. O. Faulkner and E. F. Wente. The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions and Poetry. New edition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973.
Web Sources and Library Readings
The required reading assignments for this course also include specialized articles and monographs pertaining to life and society in ancient Egypt. Many of these sources are located on the Web Pages of the course (see the URL above), and students can download and print them for reading and study. Other sources are located in the College Library in the Reference Room, or they are on Reserve). The location of each reading is noted on the course syllabus or on the "Reading Assignments"-page located among these course Web Pages.