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This course will survey popular ?alternative? archaeology on the fringes of classics and ancient history, commonly termed ?pseudo-archaeology?. Students will use evidence-based analysis to develop critical approaches to popular media misrepresentations of the ancient world. Topics will include pyramid construction and dating methods, the search for Atlantis, ancient aliens, and creationism, among other controversies.

This course explores the process of analysis and visualization of archaeological data through various digital instruments.

This course explores the development and variety of ancient urban life in the Western world from its earliest formations in the Neolithic to the Medieval town.

This course aims to introduce students to fairy tales that had early analogues in the ancient Mediterranean world and to help students analyze the cultural, social, and political contexts of such tales, crossing categories of class, age, gender, and ethnicity. We will look principally at story texts but will also adduce material evidence (such as Greek vase paintings) where available. (Gen. Ed. AL)

Ritual, theology, and myth in the Roman world, from the Republican period to the ascent of Christianity. Interactions and rivalries of Roman religion, Judaism, Mithraism , the cult of Isis and Christianity. Emphasis on types of worship: public state religions, private mystery cults, missionary doctrines. (Gen.Ed. HS)

Archaeology of ancient Greece in Minoan-Mycenaean, Geometric, Archaic, and Classical Periods. Methods, progress, and ethics of archaeological research. Emphasis on remains displaying the architectural and urbanistic development of major cities and sanctuaries, and on their contribution to western civilization.

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