I. Review
  A. Reenactment of creation myth
  B. Rebirth/emergence after death
  C. Akh (Astral)
  D. Ka (Burial chamber)
  E. Ba (Travel through other worlds)
  F. Egypt and the Nile

II. How do we know the past?
  A. All constructions of past tell us something of the present
  B. Science demands evidence & familiarity with original sources
  C. Textual sources
  D. Archaeology

III. Valley of the Kings, 1539 - 1078 BCE
  A. Digging and mapping
  B. King Tutankhamun 1333 - 1323 BCE
  C. Horemheb, 1319 - 1292 BCE
  D. Seti I, 1290 - 1279 BCE
  E. Ramses II, 1279 - 1213 BCE
  F. Tomb of Ramses VI 1145 - 1137 BCE

IV. Dier el-Medina
  A. Home of the ‘shabti’
  B. Artisans of Dier el-Medina
  C. Feeding the laborers

V. Abusir Tomb
  A. 26th Dynasty, ca. 500 BCE
  B. Iufa, Egyptian Lecter Priest
  C. Continuity in Canopic jars
  D. Beaded shroud Nut & four sons of Horus
  E. Destructive processes of archaeology

VI. Bahariya
  A. 332 BCE - 400 CE
  B. Romans recast life and afterlife
  C. Greek Hermes?
  D. Expansion & commercialization of funerary industry
  E. Isis/Aphrodite, Bes, & Madonna
  F. Pharaoh’s Curse?

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