All required articles/chapters (in chronological order) are to be found at the Reserve Desk at Marriott Library. Please check electronic reserve by Marriott Library first.

All articles/chapters are listed below as the required reading for specific weeks.

The final grade will be based on three exams. Exams will consist of different sections (including essay questions) especially designed for the type of material, which will be covered during class meetings.  In order to pass these exams it is necessary to attend lectures and to read the required material. Since the amount of information to which students will be exposed is significant, three extra review sessions are planned after the last session before each exam, after the regular class period. The most important information, names, terms, definitions, etc., can be found in the notes prepared by the instructor in order to structure the learning process in the most effective way. At the end of the semester each student will be required to turn in a research paper (10-12 pages plus bibliography) on the topic of mummification, whether ancient or modern. 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

In addition to the requirements listed above, graduate students are required to write an additional research paper of ca. 20 pages (plus bibliography). Each topic must be discussed with the instructor first and at the end of the semester each graduate student might be asked to present a brief summary of his or her research to the class. 

Movie: "The Mummy". 1932 (72 minutes) V- Cass PN 1997 M85 1985. “The Mummy’s Tomb” 1942; PN1997 M81518 1992; the beginning of the movie to narrate the previous movie (“The Mummy’s Hand” 1940; PN1997 M8515 1992).

Readings for Week # 1:

Cowie, Susan D. & Tom Johnson: The Mummy in Film, Television and Stage Production. In "The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film." McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London. 2002. Pp. 57-140.

http://www.egyptomania.org/ as an example of Egyptomania.

Assignment: Select at least three feature movies about mummies 
(but not the ones watched in class) and do their review (not description).

Readings for Week #2:

Colman, Penny: P: What Happens to Corpses: Decomposition, Transplants, Autopsies, and Embalming. In "Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts. A History of Burial." Henry Holt and Company. New York. 1997. Pp. 43-59.

Colman, Penny: P: Bones and Ashes: Cremation and Other Ways to Dispose of Corpses.. In "Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts. A History of Burial." Henry Holt and Company. New York. 1997. Pp. 61-73.

Davies, Douglas J.: Interpreting Death Rites. In "death, Ritual and Belief. The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites." Continuum. London. New York. 2002. Pp. 1-23.

Pearson, Mike Parker: Learning From the Dead. In "The Archaeology of death and Burial." Texas A&M University Press College Station. 2000. PP.1-20.

Mummies of Ancient Egypt. Part I. 

Movie: "Egypt Uncovered: Vol. 5. Mummies: Into the Afterlife. “ 2001. Bethesda, MD. 51 min. DT61 E336 1998 V.5

Readings for Weeks # 3 -5:

Dunand, Françoise & Roger Lichtenberg: Introduction. Chapter1: From Prehistory to the First Two Dynasties. Chapter 2: The Old Kingdon. Chapter 3: The Middle Kingdom. Chapter 4: The New Kingdom. Chapter 6: The Passage from This Life to the Next. Chapter 8: Animal Mummies. In "Mummies and Death in Egypt." Cornell University Press. 2006. Pp. 1-58. Pp. 94-122.

Mummies of Ancient Egypt. Part II.
 

REVIEW!!!

Movie: “Mysterious Mummies of China” (Nova) (60 minutes) 1998; V-Cass DS 719 M96 1998. 

Readings for Weeks #6 & 7:

E.W.: H. # 6-7

Reid, Howard: Chapter 1: Central Asia: The riddle in the sands. In "In Search of the Immortals." St. Martin's Press: New York. 2001. Pp. 13-47.

Pringle, Heather: Invaders From the West. In "The Mummy Congress: Science, obsession, and the everlasting dead." New York 2001. Pp. 133-161. 

The Tarim Basin mummies. Part 2.
 

Ice Mummies of Siberia. Part I. 

Movies: A series of (180 min. total) produced by Nova entitled ”Ice Mummies:” 2. Siberian Ice Maiden.; Marriott Library: V-Cass GN 293 128 1998 v. 1-3.

Readings for Weeks #8 & 9:

E.W.: H. # 8-9

Pearson, Mike Parker: The Frozen Tombs of Pazyryk: The body's skin as sacred boundary. In "The Archaeology of Death and Burial." Texas A&M University Press College Station. 2000. Pp. 61-67.

Chamberlain Andrew T. & Michael Parker Pearson: The Tattooed Horseriders of the Steppes. In "Earthly Remains: The History and Science of Preserved Human Bodies." Oxford University Press: 2001. Pp. 133-142.

Reid Howard: Chapter 2. Siberia: Ice mummies of the nomads. In "In Search of the Immortals." St. Martin's Press: New York. 2001. Pp. 49-78.
 

Movie: Ewa's collection. "Bog Mummies." Travel Chanel.

Readings for Week #10, 11 &12:

Chamberlain Andrew T. & Michael Parker Pearson: Cahpter 2: Bog Bodies. In "Earthly Remains: The History and Science of Preserved Human Bodies." Oxford University Press: 2001. Pp. 45-82.

Pearson, Mike Parker: Bog Bodies: Human sacrifices or social outcasts. In "The Archaeology of Death and Burial." Texas A&M University Press College Station. 2000. Pp. 67-71.

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