The bachelor’s program “Egyptology/Ancient Oriental Studies” is offered as a major (subject) (120 CP) and minor (60 CP) and includes three specializations, one of which must be chosen at the beginning of the program of study:
The aim of the program of study is to acquire basic knowledge of the cultures of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East, as well as specialist knowledge in the chosen area of specialization.
The focus includes learning different language levels:
In the Egyptology major, students learn Middle Egyptian – i.e. the ‘classical’ Egyptian language level – and in the major (subject) they also learn a second language level.
In the major subject Ancient Near Eastern Philology (also known as Philology of the Ancient Near East, Ancient Near Eastern Studies or Assyriology), students learn Akkadian and, in the core subject, a second cuneiform language.
The major Near Eastern Archaeology includes the acquisition of basic knowledge of Akkadian in the core subject.
Postal address:
Ägyptologie und Altorientalistik, Institut für Altertumswissenschaften
FB 07, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
D – 55099 Mainz
Visitor and parcel address:
Ägyptologie und Altorientalistik, Institut für Altertumswissenschaften
FB 07, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Hegelstraße 59 (Aareongebäude)
D – 55122 Mainz
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