Nov 23, 2017
Very interesting course with great on-line and book references, will be a great help and inspiration for one to visit museums containing Ancient Egyptian art and artifacts
Apr 16, 2018
Very impressing, well-prepared, detailed course. I have learnt a lot and I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to gain insight about Ancient Egyption culture!
автор: Simran S
•Sep 20, 2019
Wonderful course
автор: Irina S
•Oct 13, 2019
Thank you so much, it was a lot of fun! I really loved this course :)
автор: Ellie
•Nov 11, 2019
It was a fun course to experience and it showed me a different view on the ancient egyptian culture
автор: Christina B
•Dec 09, 2019
Wonderful course which took me back in time. I've learned so much! And week 6 was the most exciting learning of Tutankhamun's discovery.
автор: Imanuel
•Mar 03, 2019
Despite feeling like a bit of a basic entry-level course, I learned a lot of new things. Great quality MOOC.
автор: Clotilde D
•Feb 02, 2019
Great course, interesting topics and explanations, thanks !
автор: Drew S
•Apr 03, 2019
Unenthusiastic and talks a little slow. 2x speed fixes it tho lol
автор: Susan A
•Mar 15, 2018
Fascinating! Glad I took this one.
автор: Paraskevi G
•Nov 13, 2017
Extremely interesting follow-up to the previous course of Penn uni on Egypt! Although it does require knowledge of that course, it is not hard to follow even without it. Information is easily comprehensible and accessible. The lector is easy to comprehend, very knowledgeable and provides many examples but it is obvious that he reads his speech from a screen in front of him and that makes his lectures rather stiff and less enthusiastic. Also, I would prefer it if the hieroglyphs were explained phonologically as well for better accuracy but they are actually presented in a more accessible way for the general public and extra bibliography is provided for those interested in the topic.
автор: Bishwaksen B
•Mar 11, 2018
Nice course,really enjoyed it
автор: Elizabeth L
•Jan 23, 2018
Loved the amount of information in this course. I have always been fascinated by Egypt and it ancient dynasties. Thanks :)
автор: Rodolfo T M
•Jul 06, 2018
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автор: Celeste H
•Jun 28, 2018
This was a great course to do! Quick and easy! Sometimes I found the lectures weren't quite linear and became a bit confusing, but it was really fun to learn!
автор: Tanya H
•Mar 11, 2018
Very interesting course, but the flow of the lecture videos is seriously disrupted by the inclusion of the credits for the entire week's lecture videos, which sometimes takes up as much as half of the video time. This was fixed in the more recent course of this type, but the videos in this series could use a re-edit to match.
автор: Christine B
•Jun 19, 2018
Excellent course even if the delivery is a bit dry. The content is top notch from an expert with plenty of visual aids. Time well spent if you like history and/or Ancient Egypt.
автор: RESSE B
•May 11, 2019
Nice class, I particularly enjoyed the part 5 and 6. The part about the hieroglyphes could have been very interesting also, but you should try to "bring (more) life" (di-'nx) to these videos. But any wayn thank you for your workd, it was nice to study from this mooc.
автор: plann
•Jul 25, 2019
I chose ancient Egyptian history because I wanted to see the Pyramids, the Nile River. Now, after understanding the culture here, there is a sense of awe in my heart.
автор: Simone L
•May 17, 2019
A worthwhile course that goes well as a sequel to Dr. Silverman's Introduction to Ancient Egypt and Its Civilization. It's a little uneven in information density. And the problems with editing causing anomalous quiz questions are still there, though less than in the first course. Once again, there was insufficient proofreading of the transcript, but I always reformatted and corrected each transcript immediately after watching its corresponding video, so I used this as a technique to reinforce the information!
автор: Lucy H
•Nov 10, 2019
Thoroughly enjoyed this course as it gave me something interesting to learn since finishing university.
I would suggest making the lectures a little more exciting as something they can seem very monotone.
I really enjoyed the hieroglyphs and was impressed with Dr Silverman's skills of writing backwards!
автор: Bruce w
•Dec 17, 2017
The presentations were interesting but why doe every segment include almost three minutes of credits? Most annoying. Credits once in the course are expected, maybe once a week but every segment??? I'll think twice about subscribing to a U Penn course again
автор: Alexandra B
•Feb 25, 2018
The sound quality isn't very good.
автор: Вавилова Е Г
•Nov 20, 2017
Курс не соответствует названию. При упоминании Чудес Древнего Египта больше представляются храмы Карнака, гробница Нефертари. В текстах под видео полно ошибок. Вместо Тутмоса IV - Моисей, Пенн музей стал Пейн музей.
автор: Deleted A
•Dec 19, 2017
I did not understang how videos were cut each week. Why 10 videos of 5 to 10 minutes with half the time for photographic credits (!!!!) where all could be said in one 30 minutes video ? Students can concentrate for 30 minutes in a row.
Course was easy, sometimes even light. As long as you like Ancient Egypt, you already know, for example, everything that is said in week 6 regarding Tut's tomb discovery.
I have no doubt that Dr Silverman is an extremely capable professionnal but he is not an the best speaker for a course : the tone is grim and lacks some passion.