Modern water jar from Qena, Egypt
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WELCOME TO ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT. The course is organized
around a number of topics, some of which follow: Near Eastern and Egyptian
Cultures Today and Yesterday; Geography, Environment and Human Adaptation;
Mesopotamian and Egyptian Writing Systems; Mesopotamian Cities and their
Hinterlands; Mesopotamian Society, Ritual and World View; Egyptian Towns
and their Hinterlands; Egyptian Society, Ritual and World View; Do Civilizations
Collapse?; Who Owns the Past?
Visits since August 25, 1998.