Intro Classical Hieroglyphic Egyptian Writing and Language (Middle Egyptian I)

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This course will give you the basic tools you need to understand Middle Egyptian texts. You will learn both the language and the writing system of Middle Egyptian at the same time. This is the first half of a two-semester course, dealing with everything except verbs, which are covered in semester two (like many languages, Egyptian could make sentences without verbs). For students who choose to complete the two-semester course, you will be able to read inscriptions you see in museums (or Egypt) and you will know one of the two oldest written languages in the world. Because ancient Egyptian texts reflect the society they were written in, you will also learn a lot about ancient Egypt itself.