Languages, History and Culture of Ancient Egypt (Egyptology)
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45.03.02 In English and Russian
Level of education Bachelor
Type of instruction Full-time
Duration 4 years
Programme description
- The undergraduate degree programme «Languages, History and Culture of Ancient Egypt (Egyptology)» provides students with the ability to work with material, written, pictorial, and other monuments of the history and culture of the ancient Egyptian civilisation, and cultivates in students a holistic scientific understanding of the ethno-cultural, socio-economic, political, and ideological development of this region in antiquity. The programme provides for the mastery of the system and varieties of Egyptian script, all stages of the development of the Egyptian language, as well as the study of other ancient and modern languages of the Middle East (Hebrew, Arabic, etc.)
- The programme is aimed at those who wish to build a successful career in various departments of Russian and foreign cultural, scientific, and educational institutions as researchers and publishers of ancient Egyptian cultural monuments, teachers of languages, history, and art of the ancient East, museum specialists (curators of collections, curators of permanent and temporary exhibitions, authors of catalogues), experts in work with written and pictorial monuments of antiquity kept in museum and private collections, as well as participants in international projects on the application of digital technologies to ancient texts and artefacts (Digital Humanities: Digital Approaches to the Ancient World)
- In addition, graduates of the programme will be awarded the qualification of «Specialist in the field of translation»
Main courses
- Egyptian
- Classical Greek
- Arabic
- Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
- Introduction to Egyptology
- Introduction to Asian and African Studies
- Geography of Ancient Egypt
- History of Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Ethnography and Culture of Ancient Egypt
- Literature of Ancient Egypt
- Asian and African Religions
- Ancient Egyptian Religion
- Social, Political and Economic Systems in Ancient Egypt
Our advantages
- Our graduates are professionals with all the skills necessary to carry out translation, research, teaching, organisational and management activities in the field of Oriental Studies.
- Language training: The main language of study is Egyptian from different historical periods: Middle Egyptian, New Egyptian, Coptic. Ancient Greek and Arabic are also included.
- Additional European language (German, French, specialised English (for orientalists))
- Combining the latest educational approaches and technologies with years of experience in teaching Oriental languages.
- Students have access to unique electronic resources in Russian, Eastern and Western languages, as well as to the faculty branch of the Gorky Scientific Library. The Gorky Scientific Library has a collection of more than 300,000 volumes of scientific, educational and periodical literature, as well as fiction in all languages of the regions studied, a collection of old manuscripts and woodcuts, rare and unique books and lithographs.
- Graduates can apply to Master’s programmes at the SPbU Faculty of Oriental Studies and to other Russian and foreign universities