Bloomsbury Summer School (text)

Bloomsbury Summer School

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Fascinated by ancient civilisations?

We offer anyone with any level of knowledge, inspiring short courses on ancient Egypt and other areas of the ancient world.

2022 Course timetable

Monday 20 to Friday 24 June

BEGINNING HIEROGLYPHS

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Course Director: Dr Bill Manley (University of Glasgow)

 

Monday 20 June

10:45* – 11:00
Students login to Zoom*

11:00 – 11:30
BSS Director’s Welcome Address

11:30 – 13:00
1. Explanation: Our first signs and first words

14:00 – 15:15
2. Explanation: What are the ‘other’ signs?

15:45 – 17:00
3. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

 

Tuesday 21 June

10:00 – 11:15
4. Explanation: How to read some basic phrases

11:45 – 13:00
5. Guided Reading

14:00 – 15:30
6. Explanation: What the offering cult says about you

16:00 – 17:15
7. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

 

Wednesday 22 June

10:00 – 11:15
8. Explanation: What is the offering formula?

11:45 – 13:00
9. Guided Reading

14:15 – 15:30
10. Explanation: Offering ‘everything perfect and pure’

16:00 – 17:15
11. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

 

Thursday 23 June

10:00 – 11:15
12. Explanation: Kings’ names and what they tell us

11:45 – 13:00
13. Guided Reading

14:15 – 15:30
14. Explanation: Putting a date on a monument

16:00 – 17:15
15. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

 

Friday 24 June

10:00 – 11:15
16. Explanation: Scenes and how to describe them

11:45 – 13:00
17. Guided Reading

14:15 – 15:30
18. Explanation: Looking at Abydos

16:00 – 17:15
19. End-of-course Wrap Up

17:15 – 19:00
End-of-Course Online Social (you are welcome to invite guests)

 

* All times are London UK time; Zoom waiting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start.

NB: Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.