Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LH Face to face with Egypt’s Gods
School	History and Cultures
Department	Classics, AH and Archaeology
Module Code	09 32026
Module Lead	Leire Olabarria
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
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Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Guided independent study-180 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	This optional module explores core concepts of ancient Egyptian religion and kingship by looking specifically at how they are reflected in pharaonic material culture, most notably within the visual arts (statuary, reliefs, minor arts) and architecture.Through a number of case studies relating to iconography, temple building and funerary archaeology we will investigate Egyptian attitudes towards kings, gods, and the dead.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: identify, analyse, and explain how Egyptian visual culture reflects core concepts of pharaonic religion and royal ideology engage directly with the primary source material through applying a set of distinct skills (description, classification, contextualisation) identify and analyse changes in visual manifestations of kingship and divinity over the millennia synthesise the evidence for one or more abstract religious concepts being symbolised through specific visual/material forms present analysis of aspects of the visual representation of Egyptian ideology/religion in an extended essay
Assessment	32026-01 : 3000 Word Essay : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 1 x 3,000 word coursework (100%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component(s)
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