Students will learn about:

1. Ancient Egyptian mythology is associated with death and the afterlife.
2. People of other cultures who chose/still choose to be buried with 
    grave goods.
3. The difference between status grave goods and desired grave 
   goods.

I hold a Diploma in Egyptology from Oxford College in England and a Certificate of Museum Studies from Harvard University. And I’ve been to Egypt three times on personalized, educational tours.

I've been captivated by ancient Egypt since I was 10 years old.  And I feel it's my destiny to share my enthusiasm for and expertise on this beautiful and brilliant 5000-year-old civilization with all of you.  I hope to see you soon for a class.  I think you'll agree that The Egyptian Room is an attractive, fun and inspiring place to learn.  

Homework Offered
Assessments Offered
I will send students an informal and fun quiz (actually a learning tool) to take before the beginning of class - if they can.   We will go over the quiz together at the beginning of class and then we'll review the questions and see what students have retained at the end.
Grades Offered

I  use a number of primary and secondary materials from experts on the subject of grave goods and other associated funerary practices:

1. The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) presents original research in
"Ancient Egypt: A Tale of Human Sacrifice?"  by Thomas Hikade and Jane Roy.
These archaeologists speculate how to determine if young men found in a burial site at the very ancient Egyptian capital of Hierakonpolis were sacrificial burials to accompany the king into the afterlife - or if they were buried there for some other reason.

2. "Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt"– June 1, 2015, by Salima Ikram: 
Egyptologist Salima Ikram, a specialist in mummified pets, investigates burial goods in the field involving several pharaohs and people of noble birth.

3.  "The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day: The Complete Papyrus of Ani" with Dr. Raymond Faulkner (Translator), Ogden Goelet (Translator), Carol Andrews (Preface), J. Daniel Gunther (Introduction).  The authors analyze the original Book of the Dead to see how grave goods played or did not play into one's acceptance into the afterworld.

4.  Museum, University of Oxford, UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology 2009, escholarship.org ]
https://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub403/

"Grave Goods in the Naqadan Burials"
Alice Stevenson of the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford wrote: “The Neolithic burials at Merimde were usually without grave goods...In contrast, from the  [later] Badarian [period] onward, the investment in burial symbolism was more pronounced, and the dead could be accompanied to the grave by numerous types of accouterments, which varied considerably depending upon the period, social factors and status."