Egyptology

Bachelor Egyptology (698 [5] - Version 2025)

Orientation Course

Compulsory module group Introductory and Orientation Period (StEOP) (19 ECTS)

P-A Principles of Thinking in Historical and Cultural Studies (StEOP compulsory module) (5 ECTS)

• EXAM REMOTE STEOP Module examination "Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking"
• 070115 VO StEOP: Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking

P-B Middle Egyptian: Language and Script (StEOP compulsory module) (6 ECTS)

P-C Ancient Egyptian Civilisation (StEOP compulsory module) (8 ECTS)

Compulsory module group core subject (71 ETCS)

P-1 Basics and Methodology (compulsory module) (18 ECTS)

• 060019 VO Egyptian Art and Architecture - Basics
• 060020 VU Egyptian Archaeology - Basics
• 060021 UE Introduction to scholarly methods and practice

P-2 Egyptian Language (compulsory module) (10 ECTS)

• 060023 VU Middle Egyptian II
• 060024 UE Egyptian Literature

P-3 Egyptian Art and Architecture (compulsory module) (8 ECTS)

P-4 Egyptian Archaeology (compulsory module) (20 ECTS)

P-5 Egyptian Texts I (compulsory module) (8 ECTS)

P-6 Egyptian Texts II (compulsory module) (7 ECTS)

Elective module group: 2 out of 7 (20 ECTS)

W-1 Egyptian Philology (elective module) (10 ECTS)

W-2 Egyptian Art and Architecture (elective module) (10 ECTS)

W-3 Egyptian Archaeology (elective module) (10 ECTS)

W-4 Ancient Greek Language (elective module) (10 ECTS)

• 090063 VO+UE ( REMOTE ) Introduction to Ancient Greek II

W-5 Babylonian Language (elective module) (10 ECTS)

W-6 Comparative Literature (elective module) (10 ECTS)

• 135011 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to General Literature
• 135012 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Comparative Literature

W-7 Mobility Module (elective module) (10 ECTS)

Compulsory Module Bachelor´s Thesis (10 ECTS)

P-BA Compulsory Module Bachelor´s Thesis (10 ECTS)

Bachelor Egyptology (698 [4] - Version 2019) - discontinued

Introductory and Orientation Period (19 ECTS)

P-A Principles of Thinking in Historical and Cultural Studies (5 ECTS)

• EXAM REMOTE STEOP Module examination "Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking"
• 070115 VO StEOP: Basics of Historical and Cultural Thinking

P-B Middle Egyptian: Language and Script (6 ECTS)

P-C Ancient Egypt: An Introduction Part I (8 ECTS)

Compulsory Modules (71 ECTS)

P-1 Ancient Egypt: An Introduction Part II (17 ECTS)

P-2 Egyptian Language (10 ECTS)

P-3 Egyptian Monuments (15 ECTS)

P-4 Egyptian Archaeology (15 ECTS)

• 060061 PS Proseminar Archaeology: Ancient Egyptian Craft Production and Products
• 060063 SE From the Delta to the Sudan. Archaeology and History of the Nile Valley in the MK and the 2. IP
• 060087 VO Art and Archaeology: Funerary practice in the Middle Kingdom based on selected objects

P-5 Egyptian Texts I (8 ECTS)

• 060060 UE Hieroglyphic Texts II

P-6 Egyptian Texts II (6 ECTS)

• 060086 UE Egyptian Epigraphy

Elective Modules Group: 2 out of 7 (20 ECTS)

W-1 Egyptian Philology (10 ECTS)

• 060063 SE From the Delta to the Sudan. Archaeology and History of the Nile Valley in the MK and the 2. IP
• 060070 UE Religious Texts II

W-2 Egyptian Art History (10 ECTS)

• 060063 SE From the Delta to the Sudan. Archaeology and History of the Nile Valley in the MK and the 2. IP

W-3 Egyptian Archaeology (10 ECTS)

• 060096 LP Practical Fieldwork in Egypt

W-4 Ancient Greek Language (10 ECTS)

• 090063 VO+UE ( REMOTE ) Introduction to Ancient Greek II

W-5 Akkadian Language (10 ECTS)

• 141097 VO Introduction to Babylonian II

W-6 Comparative Literature (10 ECTS)

• 135011 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to General Literature
• 135012 VO ( OV STEOP ) STEOP: Comparative Literature

W-7 Mobility Module (10 ECTS)

Compulsory Finale Module Bachelor (10 ECTS)

• 060063 SE From the Delta to the Sudan. Archaeology and History of the Nile Valley in the MK and the 2. IP

P-AUS Compulsory Final Module (10 ECTS)

Master Egyptology (898 [4] - Version 2025)

Compulsory module group (70 ECTS)

P-1 Stages of the Egyptian Language and Script (compulsory module) (15 ECTS)

• 060067 VU Late Hieratic

P-2 Egyptian Art and Architecture (compulsory module) (18 ECTS)

• 060111 VU Egyptian Architecture: Temples of the New Kingdom
• 060138 SE Seminar: Ships in ancient Egypt: means of transport, status symbol, and motif of regeneration.

P-3 Egyptian Archaeology (compulsory module) (18 ECTS)

• 060110 VU Egyptian Archaeology II: Arch. Documentation and Interpretation of Sites and Objects
• 060138 SE Seminar: Ships in ancient Egypt: means of transport, status symbol, and motif of regeneration.

P-4 Textual Scholarship in Egyptology (compulsory module) (19 ECTS)

• 060138 SE Seminar: Ships in ancient Egypt: means of transport, status symbol, and motif of regeneration.

Elective module group: 2 out of 5 (20 ECTS)

W-1 Egyptian Philology (elective module) (10 ECTS)

• 060069 VU [ en ] Coptic

W-2 Egyptian Art History (elective module) (10 ECTS)

W-3 Egyptian Archaeology (elective module) (10 ECTS)

• 060096 LP Practical Fieldwork in Egypt

W-4 Egypt and the Sudan (elective module) (11 ECTS)

• 143043 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: History and Chronology of the Kingdom of Kush

W-5 Mobility Module (elective module) (10 ECTS)

P-MA Compulsory Module Master (5 ECTS)

P-MA Compulsory Module Master (5 ECTS)

Master Egyptology (898 [3] - Version 2019) - discontinued

Compulsory Modules (70 ECTS)

P-1 Stages of the Egyptian Language and Script (18 ECTS)

• 060067 VU Late Hieratic
• 060069 VU [ en ] Coptic

P-2 Egyptian Art and Architecture (18 ECTS)

• 060111 VU Egyptian Architecture: Temples of the New Kingdom
• 060138 SE Seminar: Ships in ancient Egypt: means of transport, status symbol, and motif of regeneration.

P-3 Egyptian Archaeology (17 ECTS)

• 060110 VU Egyptian Archaeology II: Arch. Documentation and Interpretation of Sites and Objects
• 060138 SE Seminar: Ships in ancient Egypt: means of transport, status symbol, and motif of regeneration.

P-4 Egyptian Philology and Textual Scholarship (17 ECTS)

• 060138 SE Seminar: Ships in ancient Egypt: means of transport, status symbol, and motif of regeneration.

Elective Modules Group: 2 out of 5 (20 ECTS)

W-1 Egyptian Philology (10 ECTS)

• 060094 VU Late Egyptian II: Reading Late Egyptian Texts

W-2 Egyptian Art History (10 ECTS)

W-3 Egyptian Archaeology (10 ECTS)

• 060096 LP Practical Fieldwork in Egypt

W-4 Egypt and the Sudan (10 ECTS)

• 143043 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: History and Chronology of the Kingdom of Kush

W-5 Mobility Module (10 ECTS)

Master's module (5 ECTS)

• 060090 SE Seminar accompanying research thesis

P-MA Master's module (5 ECTS)

Extension Curriculum Pharaonic Culture in Ancient Egypt (566)

Egyptian Cultural History (compulsory module) (16 ECTS)

• 060019 VO Egyptian Art and Architecture - Basics

Extension Curriculum Pharaonic Language in Ancient Egypt (060)

Pharaonic Language and Literature (compulsory module) (16 ECTS)

• 060023 VU Middle Egyptian II
• 060024 UE Egyptian Literature

Extension Curriculum Pharaonic Culture and Language in Ancient Egypt (064 [4] - Version 2019) - discontinued

Compulsory Module (14 ECTS)

EC-P Ancient Egypt - An Overview (14 ECTS)

• 060087 VO Art and Archaeology: Funerary practice in the Middle Kingdom based on selected objects

Elective Modules: 1 out of 2 (16 ECTS)

EC-W1 Egyptian Philology (16 ECTS)

• 060023 VU Middle Egyptian II
• 060024 UE Egyptian Literature

EC-W2 Egyptian Art History and archaeology (16 ECTS)

• 060019 VO Egyptian Art and Architecture - Basics
• 060020 VU Egyptian Archaeology - Basics
• 060061 PS Proseminar Archaeology: Ancient Egyptian Craft Production and Products