
This is your welcome and overview lecture. You will meet me and get an idea what our educational journey is going to be like. This lecture comes with an overview of the course as well as the master bibliography for the course. All the references in the lectures can be found in the bibliography.
This lecture introduces you to the first of our two stones, the Rosetta stone.
This lecture introduces you to stone number two, the stele of Cornelius Gallus.
This lecture provides you with the key facts about the Egyptian language and scripts.
This lecture introduces you to 'the other' languages in Egypt.
This lecture provides you with an introduction to the framework of sociolinguistics.
This lecture dives into the question of how scripts and languages relate to each other.
This is the first of five lectures about the Greek and Coptic alphabets. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This is the second of five lectures about the Greek and Coptic alphabets. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This is the third of five lectures about the Greek and Coptic alphabets. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This is the fourth of five lectures about the Greek and Coptic alphabets. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This is the final of five lectures about the Greek and Coptic alphabets. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This is the first of six lectures about the Hieroglyphic script. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This is the second of six lectures about the Hieroglyphic script. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This is the third of six lectures about the Hieroglyphic script. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This is the fourth of six lectures about the Hieroglyphic script. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This is the fifth of six lectures about the Hieroglyphic script. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This is the final of six lectures about the Hieroglyphic script. Each lecture introduces you to a set of signs that you can learn and practice. There is also always an additional challenge question or link for you.
This lecture provides an introduction to verbs (doing words) in Egyptian.
This lecture provides an introduction to nouns and their attributes (i.e. the items that go with them) in Egyptian.
This lecture provides an introduction to verbs in Greek. We look at the present and past tenses.
This lecture provides an introduction to nouns in Greek. We look at the o-declension and a-declension as outlined in the downloadable resource in detail.
This lecture provides an introduction to Latin verbs. We are looking at the present and imperfect tenses.
This lecture provides an introduction to Latin nouns and to the case syntax.
This lecture provides an overview of resources such as dictionaries, sign lists, etc. that will be useful for the two assignments in Module 6.
This lecture summarises what we have worked through and highlights some important aspects that we discovered.
The course 'Graeco-Roman Egypt – Writing on stones' provides an introduction to the culturally, socially and politically multifaceted environment of late antique Egypt (ca. 3rd century BC to 4th century AD) for a non-specialist audience. No previous knowledge is required.
•You will learn how to read 2.5 scripts, the Greek script, the Coptic script and a limited number of hieroglyphs.
•You will transcribe select passages of authentic Greek, Egyptian and Latin texts (and translate them with help).
•You will explore late antique Egypt, two important monuments (the Rosetta stone and the stele of Cornelius Gallus), and the fascinating world of multilingualism (i.e. using more than one language on a daily basis).
•You will have plenty of academic literature references if you want to take a deeper dive into any of the topics discussed here.
The central aim of the course is (i) to put late antique Egypt on the map in the virtual world, (ii) to show how multilingualism can shape a society and (iii) to teach you about scripts and surroundings that are often confined to the ivory tower of academic environments. Most of all, this course is intended to be an enjoyable educational adventure, no pressure, no wrong answers, no overload with information.