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The World of the Pyramids
A consortium of world-class academic and cultural institutions, Fathom creates high-quality online learning experiences. Developed with leading scholars and experts, Fathom content caters to your learning interests: from in-depth free seminars to shorter features, interviews and articles.
Learn more about the life and times of ancient Egypt--from art, laws and culture to archaeological digs and the construction of tombs and pyramids--in this collection of educational materials from Fathom.
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Fathom's free seminars are in-depth learning experiences crafted around learning objectives and often accompanied by instructional video, slideshows, interactives or action points. Click on a link below to begin your learning experience:
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Ancient Egyptian Society and Family Life
by Emily Teeter and Douglas J. Brewer, Cambridge University Press and the University of Chicago
What was daily life like for the ancient Egyptians? In many ways, people today share similar values and life ways--a strong emphasis on the nuclear family, the love for social activities, and an attachment to appearance and fashion. In this seminar Emily Teeter and Douglas J. Brewer investigate the particular values and societal expectations of the ancient Egyptians.
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Agatha Christie and Archaeology
by Henrietta McCall, The British Museum
In 1930, the famous crime and mystery writer Agatha Christie married the archaeologist Max Mallowan and accompanied him thereafter on all his excavations in the Middle East. In this seminar, British Museum curator Henrietta McCall retraces Agatha Christie's travels to the ancient sites, and explores how life on archaeological digs provided a constant inspiration and setting for many of her books.
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Fathom works with the members of its consortium, such as Columbia University, The British Museum, Cambridge University Press and the University of Chicago, to create free features, including interviews with faculty members and originally authored content.
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King Snefru: The First Great Pyramid Builder
by V. Davies and R. Friedman, The British Museum
Beyond the Pyramids: Ethnicity and Nationality in Roman Egypt
by Roger Bagnall, Columbia University
Tutankhamen and the Glint of Gold
by Steven Snape, Cambridge University Press
From History to Myth: Cleopatra's Empire
by Susan Walker, The British Museum
E-Papyri: Egypt's Legacy Online
by APIS, Columbia University
She Who is Known to the King: Women in Ancient Egypt
by Gay Robins, The British Museum
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The Egyptian Worldview
by Gay Robins, The British Museum
Hatshepsut: Wicked Stepmother or Joan of Arc?
by Peter F. Dorman, University of Chicago
Why We Dig Up the Past
by S. Kidwell, P. Sereno and M. Gibson, University of Chicago
Lost Egypt: Photography and the Early Documentation of Egyptian Monuments
by W. Raymond Johnson, University of Chicago
Religion in the Lives of the Ancient Egyptians
by D. Brewer and E. Teeter, Cambridge University Press and the University of Chicago
Women's Legal Rights in Ancient Egypt
by Janet H. Johnson, University of Chicago
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A one-off, ground-breaking new programme, Pyramid,
unravels the mystery of how the pyramids were built, through the eyes of those who built them. Aired on BBC One in October 2002.
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