Week Two Courses

The SACE Summer School prides itself on excellent teaching. You will only be taught by real experts in their field:the University of Liverpool SACE staff.

Discovering the Ancient World

This course is a thematic introduction to a wide range of topics related to the ancient world, given by members of staff from SACE on areas in which their research interests lie. It gives an overview to some of the many areas of study of the ancient world and its reception,introducing aspects of material culture,written sources and different methdological approaches. Many of these sessions will exploit the rich resources held in Liverpool’s museums and the University.

*Please note that the programme as posted below may be subject to change*

Staff profiles can be found by following the links from the University website here.

Beginner and Intermediate Hieroglyphs

The Hieroglyph courses will be led by Dr Mark Collier (Senior Lecturer in Egyptology,author of the best selling How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs,and Head of SACE),Dr Roland Enmarch (Lecturer in Egyptology and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology) and Dr Glenn Godenho (University Teacher in Egyptology) will also be teaching. All three members of staff teach hieroglyphs at all levels in the University. We will also be assissted by Hayley Meloy,one of our PhD students who also provides teaching support to our undergraduate language teaching.

The course will teach students how to read a fascinating and rewarding group of ancient Egyptian monuments – funerary inscriptions,coffins and tomb scenes. We aim to introduce you to the hieroglyphic script and the ancient Egyptian language at Beginner level,and teach you to read from a fascinating selection of ancient Egyptian funerary texts. The beginner course is suitable for anyone with no prior knowledge of hieroglyphs,but will also be useful as a refresher course for those who have studied the basics and who plan to take the intermediate course too. You can take Beginner &Intermediate Hieroglyphs together from Monday to Friday,Beginner Hieroglyphs runs Monday to Wednesday only,and Intermediate Hieroglyphs runs Wednesday to Friday only.

*Please note that the programme as posted below may be subject to change*

Teaching Staff:

MC = Mark Collier

RE = Roland Enmarch

GG = Glenn Godenho

HM = Hayley Meloy

(The abbreviation ‘HtREH’refers to the course handbook,How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs)